Wild Cherry Blast Slot – Free Demo

A Strawberry that pays from three of a kind

And so, I get to Wild Cherry Blast from Nucleus Gaming. I played 440 spins at a stake of 1.20 credits, starting from a balance of 1,000.00. It plays out on a 5-reel, 3-row game layout, and onto these reels assorted symbols show up. In my session 125 spins paid something, and 75 of those returned less than the stake. They build combinations employing a fixed payline setup, yielding 75 lines to win on.

The stakes on hand range from 0.40 to 20.00 per spin, and the RTP is 96.08%. At 1.20 a spin I wagered 528.00 credits across the session and 327.00 came back in wins. My balance never rose above the 1,000.00 it started with and ended at 799.00, which was also its lowest point. A score of 3 out of 6 surely renders Wild Cherry Blast a medium volatility affair.

When identical symbols land on one of the 75 fixed paylines, winning combos form in Wild Cherry Blast. Two of my better line results were spin 292, which paid 31.20 credits or 26 times the stake, and spin 361, which paid 18.00 or 15 times. Pay symbols are split into six card values from 9 to A as the low payers. Five of a kind pays 0.60x the stake for 9 through K and 1.20x for the A. Five berries and a Diamond are the premiums. The berries are the Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Blueberry and Gooseberry, with five Strawberries paying 2x the stake and five Raspberries 1.80x. Payouts are rather modest, where five high-end symbol combos are worth 1.2 to 6 times the stake, and one final symbol, for now, is the Juicy Wild. Three Strawberries on a line pay 0.30x the stake and four pay 0.60x. Substituting any symbol except the Juicer Machine and the Berry Bonus, Wilds payout, with a string of five worth 6x the stake. On spin 126 wilds stacked on reels 2, 3 and 4 and the spin paid 13.68 credits, 11.4 times the stake.

The buy button read 32.40

Features comprise Cherry Bombs and the Wireless Bomb Controller. There is also a double up option, where after a win the whole amount or half of it can be put on a coin flip that either doubles it or loses it. And they comprise Free Spins. The free spins can be bought at any time as well, and with the stake at 1.20 the buy feature button read 32.40 credits, which is 27 times the stake.

Ten sections on the Wireless Bomb Controller

The Wireless Bomb Controller fills by one section on each spin, and the Juicer Machine can land on any spin. The two run separately, so a section fills whether or not any bombs are on the reels. It releases Cherry Bombs onto the reels. What carries from one spin to the next is the bombs' positions, with the reels spinning on around them. They stay in their positions and award nothing while they are bombs. A bomb that lands early in a cycle therefore sits through the remaining spins without adding to a single line. All Cherry Bombs explode into Wilds after 10 spins. That is what happened on spin 213, when the bombs exploded at the end of a cycle and the spin paid 82.80 credits, 69 times the stake. The Wilds stay for one free respin before the controller resets. Spin 213 came directly after the longest run without a win in my session, 12 spins ending on spin 212, and it left the balance at 914.92.

Seven Juicy Wilds for fifteen spins

Hitting 3 Berry Bonus scatter symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4 triggers the Free Spins round, and the award is 15 Free Spins with 5, 7 or 10 Wilds on the reels. I triggered it once, on spin 298, and was given 7 wilds. They change positions on every spin. My 15 free spins paid 31.20 credits in total, 26 times the stake, and moved the balance from 875.68 to 905.68. The Wireless Bomb Controller is paused during Free Spins. A double cherry bomb can land during the round, and it explodes into stronger wilds and scatters.

Our Minty Verdict: Cherry Bombs and the Wireless Bomb Controller supply an accumulating component in Wild Cherry Blast. In my session the free spins accounted for 31.20 of the 327.00 credits won, about 10%. The Cherry Bombs award nothing while they are bombs, though. The buy feature, at 27 times the stake, guarantees 15 free spins with 5, 7 or 10 wilds. Winning potential hits 225x the stake, and a max win number, however, is just part of the picture.