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Christmas time is finally here to fill the world with love and generosity! It's also the time to release slots bearing this theme and that's what NetEnt is doing with this Santa vs Rudolf™ slot! A nice video slot that will put us in the middle of a battle between Santa Claus and Rudolf that with wilds substitutions, bonus features, re-spins and free spins will make us as many gifts as it will be possible!
Santa Claus is really angry: his favourite reindeer Rudolf has gone crazy and stolen his red and white hat without which he couldn't take the toys to all the children in the world! He's determined to spoil Christmas for all his little ones! And that was something that really made Santa Claus mad.
Rudolf the reindeer was running around sticking his tongue out at Santa Claus: what had happened to him? He who was usually so kind, so good, had turned into a completely different person! And nobody could understand what was happening, but one thing was sure, it was absolutely necessary to get his hat back.
Everyone was getting together to form a big team to save Christmas Eve! Mrs Claus had just found the answer to the big question that most people were asking: what had happened to Rudolf? Well, it was simple! He had drunk the bottle of rum that Santa Claus had kept for drinking after the toy round!
Between all of them, they managed to capture Rudolf, take off his hat, and make him drink a good coffee. Fortunately, Mrs Claus had found the solution, otherwise this year the children of the whole world would have been left without toys! Good Rudolf, for next year Santa Claus knows what he has to do!
Wild symbols will appear on reels 1 and 5 in the main game and on all reels during free spins. Wild symbols will be able to substitute for all symbols. After a wild symbol appears on the reels all wins will be rewarded for that round, each wild will move one place horizontally on the reels and a re-spin will occur at the end of the loop in an attempt to maximise winnings expectations.
The wilds that move horizontally during the re-spins are called Walking Wilds. There are two different types of walking wilds: Santa wilds and Rudolf wilds. Rudolf wilds appear on reel 1 and move horizontally one reel to the right at the beginning of each re-spin. Santa wilds appear on reel 5 and move one space horizontally to the left at the start of each re-spin.
If Santa and Rudolf's wilds are in the same position on the reels, they will stay locked and merge. At the end of the current spin and after the potential winning lines are rewarded, the free spins will be activated. There will be 10 free spins and the maximum number of free spins that can be rewarded for the same game will be 30.
During the free spins, the wilds Santa and Rudolf can appear anywhere on the reels. If Santa and Rudolph merge during the free spins, 4 extra free spins will be added. As in the base game, after the merge occurs, the wilds that triggered the free spins will disappear from the reels.
During the free spins, 2 counters will appear above the reels. The counters correspond to the wilds that appear on the reels during the free spins. When a Santa or Rudolf comes off the reels it will fill 1 space in the corresponding counter. Each counter has 8 spaces.
If 1 of the counters fills up before the free spins end, a corresponding bonus will be rewarded and will start at the end of the free spin series. If one of Santa's or Rudolf's free spins fills up, it will not be possible for the other to fill up.
When one of Santa's or Rudolf's counters fills up during the free spins, the corresponding bonus feature will activate and start after the free spins have ended. There are two bonus features: Rudolf's Spins and Santa's Gifts. Rudolf's Spins will activate when the Rudolf's meter is full and Santa's Gifts will activate when the Santa's meter is full.
In Santa's Gifts there are 3 groups of items and the player will have to click on 1 of the 5 items to reveal its prize. The 5 items that the player chooses from one of the 3 groups are 3 coins of different amounts, 1 win multiplier and 1 stage end. When the player chooses a coin it will be added to all the others, the player will be able to choose another item from those remaining in the set. The multiplier starts at 1 at the beginning of Santa's Gifts.
When the player chooses the multiplier symbol it will increase by 1. The player will then be able to choose another item from the same group of remaining items. At the end of the Santa's Gifts all collected coins will be multiplied by the final multiplier which can be up to 4. When the player clicks on the end of the stage symbol he/she completes that stage and moves on to the next stage.
If the player clicks on the end of the stage while in stage 3 the Santa's Gifts feature will end. The first item chosen in step 1 cannot be an end of step symbol. The Rudolf Spins feature consists of 3 rounds where 5 reindeer are randomly placed on the reels. The reindeer wilds will appear in random positions for each spin during this bonus feature.
During the Rudolf Spins bonus feature, there will be no wilds that can land until all 5 reindeer wilds have appeared on the reels. The maximum payout for Santa's Gifts will be 37,600 coins. The maximum payout for each round of Rudolf Spins is 90,000 coins and as there are 3 rounds, the maximum payout could be 270,000 coins.
NetEnt provider joins in the magic of Christmas with this Santa vs Rudolf™ online slot. A touch of humour that doesn't hurt during this time of year: the argument between Santa Claus and his reindeer Rudolf. A very funny interface with a grumpy Santa and on the other a mocking Rudolf! The player really feels from the beginning that it is not going to be sad!
In the middle of a snowy landscape, invisible reels can be seen with symbols reminiscent of Christmas: sleighs, reindeer necklaces, gifts, scrolls and weak symbols will be represented by the letters of a sugar-stick card game. And that Rudolf who keeps sticking his tongue out at Santa Claus! It's really funny! If you like games about the festive season, NetEnt suggests you discover Fruit Shop Christmas (2015), Secrets of Christmas (2016) and/or Wonders of Christmas (2022).
A casino game like this is great but it's basically NetEnt at its best! There are wild substitutions, re-spins, free spins, bonus games, etc. There is hardly anything missing. Coin values will range from €0.01 to €20 which will give us bets from €0.20 to €400. All categories of players will be included and it's great to think of everyone!
The volatility is medium to high and the return to player is 96.35% which is also very good for the player. This random video slot has everything to please and with a zest of humour it is great. The NetEnt provider has done everything to succeed and this slot game is a good proof of that! A fun time is guaranteed for all fans of the Christmas theme.
