Joker Blast Bonanza Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Joker Blast Bonanza Review

We suspect that Pragmatic Play plans to make this into a whole reskin series, not unlike what they’ve done with Gates Of Olympus. The first game, Sword Of Ares, was enjoyable enough, and now players have classic fruit machine style alternative with Joker Blast Bonanza. It comes with plenty of both jokers and blasts, as up to 4 different bomb symbols can explode at the end of tumble sequences to keep your winning streak going.

Everything is the same as in the first game except the visuals, and the gameplay revolves around the multiplier unlock system. You need to collect winning symbols to unlock the highest possible win multiplier per tumble sequence, and the multiplier tops out at x500 in the bonus round. It still resets between free spins though, unlike the system you get in Gates of Olympus, but the 10,000x potential is twice what that instant classic has to offer.

Joker Blast Bonanza Slot - Reels Screen

Joker Blast Bonanza Slot Features

The scatter pays system means that you win by landing 8-9 to 12-30 matching symbols anywhere in view, and the latter pays between 1 and 20 x your stake. You don’t get any wild symbols in this game, which is not unusual for the scatter pays genre, but winning symbols are removed and replaced via the Tumble Win feature. This goes on indefinitely as long as you keep landing new scatter wins.

The Multiplier Collection Feature comes with 3 multiplier values in the base game, and these vary per spin.

All 3 multipliers are locked by default, however, and winning symbols are collected to unlock them one by one. You need 20, 50, and 100 collected winning symbols to unlock all 3 base game multipliers, respectively, and they come with multiplier ranges of x2 to x4, x5 to x8, and x9 to x15. Only the highest unlocked multiplier will boost the total tumble sequence win.

You can land Bomb symbols in all stages of the game, and they can appear anywhere on the grid. Bombs remain until the end of any given tumble sequence, and they will then explode to remove symbols in 4 different configurations indicated by the bomb symbol itself. This triggers a new cascade, which can prolong your winning streak and increase your win multiplier.

Bombs do not explode unless you’ve achieved at least one tumble in the base game.

The Bonus Round triggers when you land 4+ scatters in the same base game tumble sequence, or on the very same spin. This awards 15 free spins, and the bonus round comes with an enhanced multiplier meter that works as follows:

• The 1st multiplier is unlocked by collecting 15 winning symbols. It can be x2, x3, or x4.
• The 2nd multiplier is unlocked by collecting 27 winning symbols. It can be x5, x6, x7, or x8.
• The 3rd multiplier is unlocked by collecting 39 winning symbols. It can be x9, x10, x11, x12, x13, x14, or x15.
• The 4th multiplier is unlocked by collecting 55 winning symbols. It can be x16, x17, x18, x19, x20, x22, or x25.
• The 5th multiplier is unlocked by collecting 85 winning symbols. It can be x26, x28, x30, x32, x35, x40, or x50.
• The 6th multiplier is always x500. It is unlocked by collecting 225 winning symbols.

The winning symbols must be collected in the same tumble sequence to unlock the respective multiplier ranges, since the multiplier meter resets just like in the base game.

The difference is that it contains 6 multiplier tiers instead of 3. Finally, non-UK players, and anyone living in an eligible jurisdiction, can buy the bonus round for 100x the stake.

The 200 Spins Joker Blast Bonanza Slot Experience

You get a brief taste of the base game, before we purchase the bonus round at 0:23 into the 3:47-minute highlights video. We got 15 free spins, of course, since that’s the only possibility, and you can see for yourself how it all played out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

We quite enjoyed the original Sword of Ares, and it’s understandable that Pragmatic Play wants to test out this somewhat innovative multiplier concept with different themes. We suspect there will be more reskin jobs after this, and Joker Blast Bonanza comes with a more fun and lighthearted vibe than the more serious Greek mythology predecessor. Still, it’s the exact same game underneath it all, but newcomers may have no idea that the first game even exists.

Reskin jobs aren’t all that exciting for us reviewers, nor for veteran players who keep a keen eye on things, but we didn’t mind a reunion with this multiplier system to be honest. It’s fun to see how many multipliers you can unlock per tumble sequence, and the bomb explosions come in handy to keep you going.

Everything is enhanced in the bonus round, of course, but the multiplier still resets between free spins, which can be a downer for some players. The 10,000x potential is solid as before, and Joker Blast Bonanza is way above many other harlequin slots.

Pros

• Unlock tumble win multipliers up to x15
• Symbol removal bombs in all stages
• Unlock up to x500 multiplier in the FS round
• Win up to 10,000x your stake

Cons

• Reskin of Sword Of Ares
• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

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