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With this new 5-reels, 36-paylines slot, developer NetEnt has really nailed it, as the game vividly retraces the film in great detail. It's impressive how you can feel the emotion of being in the jungle right from the start, with the music that makes you vibrate and feel that something is about to happen...
In the middle of the screen is the famous half-buried game and in the four corners are the four features of the slot which are the Sticky Wilds, represented by climbing carnivorous plants that don't stop growing and when they catch a victim throw their poison darts at them. The Monsoon Wild are ferocious, hungry crocodiles with sharp, pointed teeth waiting to skin their prey and leaving no doubt as to what will happen to them.
The Monkey Mahem, degenerate and completely crazy monkeys always ready to make a mess of everything! And finally the Wild Stampede, a bunch of rhinoceroses who are going around and around and whose sound almost makes the computer screen vibrate, or whatever means we have chosen to play. We will also have the opportunity to talk about the Board Game with all its free spins, its Mystery Feature, its Coins Wins, and its Extra Rolls!
The story takes place in New England in 1969 where two friends are accidentally enlisted by Jumanji™, found by Alan a scared and abused young boy by a gang who takes refuge in the game to avoid his father sending him to boarding school. That evening, his friend Sarah comes to visit him and in the rush of emotion he discovers his game: a wooden case that contains a funny locker with animal-shaped pieces...
Sarah doesn't want to play, but suddenly Alan drops the dice and, as if by magic, the pawn starts to move on the box by itself! The youngster can't believe her eyes and no way! He has just been swallowed up by the game! Silence... Drumming again... We see the image of the game planted in the middle of the sand, it opens and we discover the 4 features and then the next image the 5 reels appear with the weak symbols (J, K, Q, A), 4 strong symbols (a lion with its mouth open revealing its pitiless fangs, a rhinoceros, a crocodile with a sly look and a smile suggesting that it will show no mercy, a scary pelican), a Wild (a chest with the word WILD written in gold) and a Scatter represented by the Jumanji™ game box.
There are indeed 4 random features in the slot and they can be turned on at any time.
Let's start with the Sticky Vines! These climbing, murderous vines that allow you to win re-spins to increase your winning possibilities, whenever symbols from a winning combination add up to wilds. While this feature is active, all symbols and wilds from the initial spin will spin again.
Monsoon wilds, represented by these hungry, open-mouthed crocodiles jump into the picture to completely cover one or two reels with wilds, but be aware that it is not possible to have only the 5th reel covered with wilds.
Monkey Mahem, the wild monkeys, if the feature is randomly activated in the main game, all the wins are awarded once the reels are stopped, afterwards our crazy monkeys will come and shuffle everything to try and award a sure win and defined according to the winnings table.
Wild Stampede, the frightened rhinos, will run amok on the screen as the reels spin adding 4 to 9 extra wilds! Once the reels have stopped all wins are evaluated and awarded according to the win table.
The board game is triggered as soon as 3 or more scatter symbols (the game box) appear anywhere on the reels in the main game which activates this bonus. There are no scatter symbols in the Board Game. The counters are simply aesthetic and have no effect on the game. The player moves the chip around the board by rolling the two 6-sided dice.
3, 4, 5 scatter symbols give 6, 7 or 8 dice rolls respectively. Each Free Spin is located at each corner of the Board Game and when the chip lands on one of them this feature is activated. With these dice rolls, you can get one of 4 Free Spins modes. With Vines Free Spins you get 10 free spins with the Sticky Vines feature activated each spin, a Free Spin can have multiple re-spins which work in the same way as Sticky Vines, the vines attach to wilds and hold them in reserve for the duration of the feature.
With Monsoon Free Spins win 7 free spins with the Monsoon Wilds feature, except that the same covered reels cannot be chosen for 2 consecutive free spins. With Monkey Free Spins it's 6 free spins with the Monkey Mahem feature and finally with Stampede Free Spins it's 5 free spins with its corresponding random feature.
The Mystery Feature is a carousel of Free Spins that gives x2 to x10 the bet and 2 extra dice rolls with Jumanji™ with an R circled. The player is rewarded with the one they land on. As soon as the counter lands on Coins Wins, the reward is equal to the bet multiplied by 3 numbers written in the box and Extra Rolls are extra dice rolls. In the main game, if strong symbols, the lion appears 3, 4 or 5 times on the reels.
The payout will be 6, 20 or 140 coins respectively. If our frightened rhinoceros is seen 3, 4 or 5 times on the reels, the profit will be 5, 15 or 50 coins. If the crocodile appears 3, 4 or 5 times the prize will be 4, 10 or 30 coins respectively. Finally, if the thieving pelican appears 3, 4 or 5 times on the reels the payout will be 3, 8 or 25 coins.
Jumanji™, a slot from developer NetEnt is truly a success in all these facets. With an excellent payout rate and average volatility, it does well for its brand. Moreover, the music is in perfect symbiosis with the setting, which immerses us completely in the magical and penetrating atmosphere of the jungle.
The sound effects when the crocodiles jump or when the rhinos stampede are absolutely brilliant. This game is guaranteed to leave you breathless at all times! Moreover, the Jumanji™ movie is repeatedly identified with constant allusions. For example, during the Board Game, the phrases from the feature film that appear in the middle of the board. The Jumanji™ casino game is a real treat for the eyes!
If you like slots inspired by movies, NetEnt suggests you check out Dracula (2015), The Invisible Man (2015) and/or Robin Hood: Shifting Riches (2016).
