It’s time to strap on the loincloth, oil yourself up and get ready to swing through the trees by a leafy vine, not forgetting the famous semi-yodel call. Or, rather than dressing up as Tarzan and 
frightening the natives with your arborial acrobatics, you could instead decide to celebrate NetEnt’s excellent Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild slot in a slightly more conventional way. Perhaps not as exciting as swinging through the treetops with the wild animals of the jungle at your beck and call, but it is definitely a lot safer and more likely to see you land a bit of profit at the end of the session.
So what is it that NetEnt have come up with this time? Well Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild is one of the new breed of 5×3 reel slots that offers 243-ways to win, rather than individual paylines. What this means is that you can land identical symbols anywhere across the first three, four or all five reels and regardless of where they are on the reels, they will initialise a payout. Essentially, it means you have more potential ways to win on every spin and that is a good thing, especially when you consider that to play the slot, you can wager a minimum of Ā£0.20 per spin to play, though you can wager up to Ā£100 per spin if you want to play for more cash each time.
Graphically and in terms of its sound, the slot is breathtaking, set against the backdrop of a 3D jungle and with animations that bring the jungle’s most fearsome inhabitants to life. You can even select the soundscape you want to play to, Jungle drums or the sounds of nature. Ā There’s the usual playing card low symbols on the reels and alongside these are the five creatures that are the central theme of the game, a cobra, a crocodile, a bear, an elephant and the highest value symbol of them all, the fearsome but rather handsomeĀ tiger. Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild is ready to be played at Bet365 Vegas right now, but if you want to discover more, read on.
Key Features
Once you are playing the Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild slot you quickly get to notice some of the key features of the game. The base game itself is nicely presented and you tend to win relatively frequently, although the majority of these wins tend to be smaller amounts of money. However the action in the base game is interspersed with moments when one of two base game bonus features can kick in and when they do, these can produce some very sizeable wins.
The first bonus is the Symbol Expansion feature, which is triggered when you land a symbol which has a glowing butterfly overlaid onto it, in a winning payline. When you achieve this, that symbol will expand across the reels which offers you the chance to land more paylines on that spin. This feature is in operation during all facets of the game, including the free spins bonus round which we will look at in more detail later.
The second base game bonus is the Butterfly Boost feature and this is a randomly triggered bonus that can occur on any spin. When it happens, you will notice that the play button disengages and there will be a number of tiny butterflies fluttering around the outside of the reels. At various times, butterflies will move onto the reels and expand between one and five of the symbols on the reel to make your spin a winning one. If you can expand all five reels with the same symbol, then you can win some massive payouts in this bonus feature, but even two or three expanded reels will help land a better value win.
The only other feature of the slot is the Free Spins bonus which is triggered when you land three or more of the flower scatter symbols anywhere across the reels in the base game. Four scatters will also reward you with a 15x your stake cash prize and five scatters sees you win 50x your stake immediately. On top of that you then enter the Free Spins bonus game which sees the reels change slightly so you now have an incredible 1024 Ways to Win on every spin.
Before your spins start however you need to select which bonus you play out. Each bonus game is based on the five animals on the reels and the number of free spins awarded varies from animal to animal. That’s because during the free spins, only the animal you choose is on the reel (alongside the lower value symbols) and of course, each different animal has a different payout size. So the animals with larger payouts (Tiger and Elephant) offer fewer spins than animals with the lower payouts (Bear, Crocodile and Cobra).
With the Tiger you get 4 free spins, the Elephant gives you 8, the Bear 12, Crocodile 16 and lastly you get 20 Free Spins if you elect to play the Cobra as your chosen animal. During free spins it is worth noting that the Symbol Expansion feature is in play which can radically increase the value of a win.
How to win at the Jungle Spirit Call of the Wild slot
If you want to win at the Jungle Spirit Call of the Wild slot then with a relatively small jackpot of 400 coins in the base game on a single line, you need to hit multiple paylines and that means hitting the Expanding Symbols bonus as often as you can. The Butterfly Boost is another great way to land wins too and when you can expand three or more reels, the payouts on this bonus can be excellent. However, they are randomly triggered bonuses, so good bankroll management so you play the maximum number of spins is essential in order to try and trigger these bonuses as often as possible.
The Free Spins bonus however is where the big money can be won and here you can employ a little strategy. Your choice here is essentially more free spins with a lower top end jackpot available, or fewer free spins with a high end jackpot available. While that high end jackpot is tempting, my gut feeling here is that 4 free spins is just too few to really stand a decent chance in the bonus game and as such, I tend to play the Elephant or Bear free spins ahead of the others, but I would suggest you mix the bonuses up when you first start playing to see which one you feel most confident and comfortable playing with. However I feel these two middle range options offer the best chance of consistently decent payouts.
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