Jumbo Jellies

The time has come for another review of a brand new online slots release, and today the one we’re looking at is taking things to a different level. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the money it is paying trumps all other online slot games, but the mechanic it is hosting certainly makes the iGaming experience more attractive. It’s called Jumbo Jellies and sees symbols adjoining to form jumbo symbols. Free spins can be triggered, while you can even take advantage of respins that trigger on occasion. Some of what we’ve experienced here isn’t very easy to explain but stay tuned while we do our best.

You might have seen the name Bang Bang Games as the casino software company that created Jumbo Jellies and wondered if you’ve ever seen any online casino games released by it before. It's possible that you haven't because this seems to be a new sub-studio of Yggdrasil, a studio you likely know for developing Jungle Books and Beauty and the Beast. With Jumbo Jellies, there's a candy theme, so sweet lovers will probably get a few kicks out of the candy-land look and feel. You'll see that there are six reels and three rows. However, this has the ability to shift at certain points in the game. When it does, it will take on three reels, three rows, and 40 paylines look. The standard number of paylines is 20, but we’ll explain the reasons for the shift later in the review.

The most you'll be able to win when playing Jumbo Jellies is 5,432x your bet, which is somewhere in the middle going by today's standards. It's not the best we've ever seen, but it will give you a stellar payday if your bets carry enough value. The most you'll be able to stake at any point in the game is $100, while the minimum possible stake is 20c. Jumbo Jellies is a title carrying a medium volatility, so the wins won’t blow your mind in terms of value but will land more than higher volatility online slot machines.

Unlike in most Canadian slots online, the wild can be really powerful here. This is because of the 3x3 grid that forms at times. The wild icon is the one that substitutes all regular symbols to create 3, 4, 5 and 6 of a kind wins. The regular symbols start in value with the playing card suits; clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds. The values of the icons then rise with a selection of sweets, including coke bottles, cherries, gummy bears, crocodiles and sour strips.

The Bonus symbol, traditionally known as the scatter, is a chocolate ball scattered with candy. This icon triggers the bonus feature and can’t be substituted by the wild. There are also blank spaces that can appear on the reels in the scatter game.

Symbols become jumbo symbols as a result of the Jumbo Row Pops mechanic. If two symbols on the same row in the same segment (on the 9x3 grid, there are segments with two symbols) land in a winning combination, then those symbols combine to form a jumbo symbol. Any win with a jumbo on the reels results in a respin, better known as Win Streak Respins, which will keep happening if respins result in wins. Consecutive wins also bring +1 progressive multipliers.

Landing 3 or more of the scatter symbol anywhere on the reels on the same spin triggers a free spins feature. You get +2 spins per scatter. However, before the spins feature starts, there's a feature called the Scatter Game. It’s a respins feature, where you can add +2 extra spins for every, scatter that lands during the game. During the free spins feature, any win you land triggers the Win Streak Respins.

It always makes for a nice change when online slots incorporate something we aren’t familiar with. In the case of Jumbo Jellies, we're talking about the Jumbo Row Pops mechanic. Ironically, it’s a bit similar to the Gigablox titles created by Yggdrasil, only with a few more complexities. There’s no mistaking the production value that went into making Jumbo Jellies, and hitting the right wins in the correct bonus feature can pay you jumbo cash prizes.