Tall pines frame a bright alpine sky, and a carved totem of wood, topped by eagle heads, holds the board. Three banners over the reels name Mini, Major and Mega, currently showing 6, 20 and 200. Northern forest and river animals fill the cast: a grizzly, a snow owl, a beaver, a leaping trout and a glacier-blue wolf. The first view opens with a 0.2 bet with a 50,000 balance.
Theme and Gameplay
Wildlife leads the cast. The grizzly outranks every other beast, trailed by the owl, the beaver and the trout, and branch-shaped royals in four shades, amber, crimson, azure and lime, sit in the budget slots. Special prizes ride on purple and orange moons rather than coins, a pleasing contrast with the snowy whites and deep blues of the wolf.
Slot Features
The Wild is the wolf. Every symbol but the Scatter and bonus orbs can be replaced by it, and it pays alone too: x20 for five, x10 for four and x1 for three, the same as the grizzly.
The Scatter is a snow-capped mountain that lands only on reels 1, 3 and 5, one per reel. Three, which is the most that can show, trigger the free game from the main game and also pay x1. The free game starts with 5 free spins, and 3 Scatters landing during it add 3 more. A 3×3 mega symbol is guaranteed to land on reels 2 to 4, so every free spin has a large block in play. If a moon orb turns up as that mega symbol, the bonus game begins.
The bonus game can also start from the main game when 6 or more orbs, blue or orange, land together. It gives 3 respins by default. Landed orbs stay put, and every newcomer sends the spins left back up to 3, which keeps a good run alive. Only orbs show up in this mode. Blue moons carry random prizes, while the orange ones are marked Mini or Major. It stops when the respins are gone or the board is full, and everything pays as the sum of the prizes. A screen entirely covered in orbs awards the MEGA JACKPOT at settlement. The bonus board lists the jackpots as 300,000 for Mini, 1,000,000 for Major and 10,000,000 for Mega, with orb values such as 80K, 100K, 160K, 180K, 200K, 300K and 1M.
Line symbols pay as bet multiples: five owls give x16, five beavers x12 and five trout x8, and five of any letter gives x2.
RTP and Win Potential
Line wins are listed as bet multiples and therefore move with the stake. At the bottom of the table, three of a kind on Q, J or K pays x0.2, while the grizzly and the wolf reach x20 for five.
My Thoughts On This Slot
A guaranteed mega symbol gives free spins a definite shape, and the respin round reads simply. In return, ordinary spins are quieter, and because only three Scatters can ever land, the free game depends on one specific alignment.
