Wacky Monkey

Wacky Monkey Overview

Wacky Monkey is a new jungle-themed slot from the fast-growing game studio Spinomenal. In playing this game, players will enter a dense green jungle in which a whole host of zany characters dwell, from strange butterflies with the faces of humans to the crazy Monkey himself. As free video slots go, this is one of the more colourful and energetic, with a bouncy soundtrack to match. The action for this game takes place on a fairly standard set of reels with 30 fixed pay lines. Playing your spins right could help you come away with a decent 1,000x your stake top prize.

The features for this game include a few good bonuses, including stacked symbols, wilds and instant cash wins. The wild for this game is the Wacky Monkey symbol, which can substitute for any other symbols barring the special scatter to help form more wins. Stacked symbols also fall onto all of the reels and can help boost the size of a win. Finally, although the scatters don't trigger a free spin round, they do award instant cash payouts if multiples are landed simultaneously.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is a wild cartoon jungle. In a way, the theme feels a little childish, both looking at the symbols and the way the colours have been introduced across the screen. This being said, the theme's presentation is still quite attractive and much more engrossing than some jungle themes, which look tired and poorly animated. There is a distinct lack of detail outside of the playing board, yet if anything, this helps you concentrate on the action.

The background for this game is a dense jungle made mostly from silhouettes and shadows in a reasonably artistic way. The trunks and boughs of the various trees make up the majority of the screen, with a tangle of leaves and vines giving the impression of a canopy above the reels. You will also notice that a group of birds fly across the screen every few seconds, which is the only dynamic element of the background. However, it could be argued that they would be better off flying every two minutes or so rather than relentlessly every couple of seconds.

The playing board is pretty standard. The interior of the playing board has been made a translucent black so that the board is clearly separated from the background and so that the symbols are identifiable. Apart from that, the exterior reels (reels 1 and 5) are one symbol smaller.

The symbols for this game are split into low-paying, high paying and special symbols. The low-value symbols comprise the Q to A in playing card royals decorated in some crazy jungle-inspired font. On the other hand, the high paying symbols are the picture symbols of the various jungle inhabitants. These include the strange butterflies, the cheetahs and the blue snakes. These offer 400 coins for 5 of a kind on a pay line. Finally, there are the special symbols that comprise the Monkey wilds, and the parrot scatters.

Game Play

Wacky Monkey is played on a 5-reel, mixed symbol-row playing board with 30 pay lines available. To create winners in this game, players must match 3 or more symbols in combination from left to right on the reels.
The betting range for Wacky Monkey is 30p to as much as £300 per spin. To change your betting level per spin, use the bet adjuster tool located at the bottom of the playing window.

Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be accessed by clicking on the settings menu. The spin button is located to the bottom right of the reels. You can set up auto spins in the game's menu.
The volatility for this slot is rated in the low end of the spectrum. The return to player percentage for Wacky Monkey is 96.2%, which is perfectly average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 1,000x your total stake.

Features

Wacky Monkey essentially has 3 bonus features. The first is the stacked symbols which depending on the size of the stack, boost wins by counting for multiple symbols on one position.

The second feature in this game is the Monkey Wild feature. Monkey wilds can fall onto any reel and substitute in for any other symbols barring the scatter. In doing this, they will help to form more combinations. In addition to its substitution ability, the Monkey is this game's most valuable symbol paying 33.33x for the top combination of five on a pay line.

Finally, this game also has a scatter bonus. The scatters in this game are the parrots. They award an instant cash prize whenever players land 3 or more of these anywhere on the reels. The more parrot scatters landed at the same time, the higher the instant cash prize.

3 scatters equal 2x your total stake.
4 scatters equal 10x your total stake.
5 scatters equal 250x your total stake.

Conclusion

Jungle themed fun meets some entertaining features in a statistically sound game designed for players of all abilities in Wacky Monkey. By all accounts, this is a pretty average game, yet if you are lucky with collecting a few scatters and landing wilds, then things could get a little more interesting. That being said, a top payout of 1,000x your stake is nothing to write home about. Low volatility should at least mean features aren't too hard to come by.