Wild North Slot – Free Demo

Forty lines under the Northern Lights

Play'n GO has opted to build this one in the same style as many other online slots, including 5 reels and 4 rows as its arrangement, and a fine aspect about it though, is that it also includes a total of 40 fixed paylines for you to win on. Wins on those lines pay left to right, starting from reel 1. You’ll also be able to pick from a decent range of wager options, and you’re able to select from bets between 0.20 and 100 credits per spin. I played 370 spins at 20 credits each from a 25,000-credit start, and the balance ranged from a peak of 25,312 on spin 43 to a low of 23,499.

Symbols start out with standard playing card symbols from 9 to A, and the last of these is able to multiply your stake by up to 4.5 times your stake. Below the A, the K, Q, J and 10 fall by rank down to the 9, which pays 2x the stake for five of a kind. Four distinct creatures, the Owl, the Wolf, the Bear and the Reindeer, are also in use as symbols, and with the latter of these you’re able to multiply your stake by 12.5 times your stake for a 5 of a kind combo. Five Bears pay 10x the stake, five Wolves 7.5x and five Owls 5x.

What the Lynx and the scatters did in 370 spins

There couldn’t conceivably be a Wild North slot available without there being some extra drama included. Of my 370 spins, 111 paid something, 63 of those paid less than the stake, and the longest run without a win lasted 12 spins. That is where the Play'n GO features come into action with this one. The first of its additions is really the Lynx Wild symbol, and wilds will substitute for all other symbols except the scatter, helping you with building winning combos. It lands on all five reels, and five Lynx Wilds on a line pay 25x the stake.

The real draw of this slot game stems from the addition of its Northern Lights Bonus, though, and it’s the scatter symbol that is able to trigger this round. It is depicted by the Northern Lights. Three of them landing on reels 1, 3 and 5 will trigger the Northern Lights Bonus. I triggered it twice, on spin 223 and again 76 spins later on spin 299, and the two rounds paid 1,243 credits between them, 20% of everything I won.

Seven slices on the Bonus Wheel

In the Northern Lights Bonus round, a Bonus Wheel selects one of seven distinct feature rounds to work through, and they each have different numbers of free spins and mechanics. Some of them pan out in the following manner:

• The Great Wilderness: you’ll be on the receiving end of three free spins. A 4x4 Mega symbol lands on reels 2–5 on each spin.
• Wild Lynx: you get 3 free spins. On each spin, 1 or 2 reels turn Wild. My second bonus landed here on spin 299, and its 3 free spins paid 400 credits, 20x the stake.
• Running Reindeer: while a stack of Reindeer on reels 2–4 is in effect, you’re granted 1 free spin. A fully stacked Reindeer on reels 2, 3 and 4 awards a respin, with the stacks holding in place.
• Savage Bear: you get 1 free spin. A random multiplier from 5x up to 30x is in force. Wolf Pack, where my first bonus landed on spin 223, gives 1 free spin with a 2x2 Mega Wolf that sticks for the rest of the feature, Wolves are Wild and every new Wolf that lands awards a respin; that round paid 843 credits, 42.15x the stake.

Is the wheel enough to carry it?

Wild North is rather simple in terms of its symbols and gameplay.

Of course, it wouldn’t be nearly as varied as it is without the addition of its seven distinct bonus wheel extras.

Minty’s Closing Thought: My 370 spins wagered 7,400 credits and paid back 6,229, a session return of 84.2% against the stated 96.55%.