Wild Buffalo Fortune Wheel

Wild Buffalo Fortune Wheel Review

Wild Buffalo Fortune Wheel is NetGame’s attempt at creating their own buffalo-themed slot, and it’s a pretty interesting one, packed with numerous exciting features and extras. Traditionally, players will benefit from multiplier wilds and free spins, but the highlight here, as the title implies, is the fortune wheel, providing payouts over 1,000x the stake.

Designers and artists from NetGame always put plenty of effort into the outer look of their games, creating high-end immersive visuals and animations. This time, however, they have taken a somewhat lazy approach, using the artwork of the studio’s previous buffalo-styled game called Wild Buffalo: Hold ‘n’ Link. We see the same reel area and symbols, while the only thing that has undergone changes is the background image. Still, you can’t say the game looks bad since the graphics are sharp and do get the job done providing essential wildlife vibes.

Wild Buffalo Fortune Wheel Slot - Reel Screen

Dominating the view here is a standard 5x4 reel setup with 1,024 fixed win lines, made up of 11 different regular symbols. They are classic A-9 royals for the lows, and in ascending order bears, wolves, pumas, eagles, and, of course, buffaloes for the highs. Depending on the symbol, you need to land 2 or 3 of the same kind on the reels starting from the leftmost to score a payout, and five-of-a-kind wins are worth from 1.33x to 4x your bet. Canyon symbols are Wilds, available on any of the reels, substituting for any of the regular symbols. Their main function though is to multiply winning combinations they take part in, randomly by either 2x or 3x.

Players drop in by setting bets from as little as £0.3 per spin, while the highest option goes up to £30. The volatility is in the medium-to-high range, and the RTP is solid at 96.43%, which is above the average level. Wins tend to occur pretty often, roughly in 1 out of 4 spins according to the 28% hit rate, and so do the features, which should theoretically pop up once in every 111 spins. What’s disappointing though is the max win value, as all you can hope for is only 1,300x the bet. Pretty low indeed.

Wild Buffalo Fortune Wheel Slot Features

Look out for Scatter symbols. Landing 3 or more anywhere in view on the same spin awards access to the Fortune Wheel, which consists of the following segments:

• Free Spins segment - activates the free games bonus.
• White Buffalo segment - awards the shown number of white buffaloes for the free spins.
• Payable segment - awards the shown bet multiplier value as an instant cash prize.
• Major Jackpot segment - awards a fixed jackpot prize of 250x the bet.
• Grand Jackpot segment - awards a fixed jackpot prize of 1,000x the bet.

Wild Buffalo Fortune Wheel Slot - Wheel Feature

You can win multiple prizes on the Fortune Wheel. All segments except for the free spins segment award an additional spin of the wheel, up to a maximum of 5. After each spin, the prizes on the wheel are upgraded to the next level. Once a pointer stops at a free spins segment, the wheel feature ends and players proceed to the round of free games.

The number of free spins awarded is dependent on the number of triggering Scatter symbols that activated the wheel. You get 8, 15, or 20 initial spins for landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatters respectively. In the free games, landing 2, 3, 4, or 5 Scatter symbols simultaneously gives +5, +8, +15, or +20 extra spins respectively.

During the free spins, keep an eye on white buffalo symbols. Any white buffaloes that land on the reels are collected and added to the Gold Buffalo Meter. Additionally, if there were any number of white buffaloes won on the Fortune Wheel, they are added to the meter upon the start. When a certain number is collected, animal symbols are converted into buffalo symbols for the remainder of the feature, as follows:

• 4 symbols collected - transform wolves into buffaloes.
• 7 symbols collected - transform eagles into buffaloes.
• 13 symbols collected - transform pumas into buffaloes.
• 15 symbols collected - transform bears into buffaloes.

Wild Buffalo Fortune Wheel Slot - Free Spins

Review Summary

All said and done, developer NetGame knows its stuff and therefore its Wild Buffalo Fortune Wheel slot appears to be pretty fun and engaging, with plenty of things to keep players hooked onto it. It has a lot for players to offer in terms of gameplay, and that together with outstanding visuals provide a delightful gaming experience, and players who are into the genre would certainly appreciate the studio’s effort.