Meet Gary, our groovy Gorilla. This banana-chomping, chest-thumping, cheeky-faced ape can bestow all of the jungle’s riches upon you! Join Gary in this fantastic slot game by NextGen gaming titled Gorilla Go Wild. He’ll take you deep into his glorious feature kingdom (with extra spins and multipliers galore), and even shower you with random cash bonuses! All in his silly, fun-loving manner too. I mean, Gary wears a golden crown and mirrored aviators. You’ll also want to watch Gary Go Bananas – the more bananas he eats, the more rewarding the game gets! Forget the tigers and pythons, it’s the gorillas that rule the jungle.
Game Basics
Gorilla Go Wild has 5 reels and 25 paylines. Games start at 20p and you can raise the stakes up to £50 per spin. There are nine symbols in total. In descending order of value, there’s Gary’s Golden Coin, a baby chimpanzee, a toucan, a lemur, A, K, Q, J and 10. Then, there’s a framed picture of Gary the gorilla that acts as the game’s wild symbol. According to the paytable, you could win up to 1,000 your stake in a single spin! As you’d expect, the big, life-changing wins come quite sporadically. However, Gary the Gorilla is always looking out for you by padding your wallet with a generous smattering of little wins.
Bonus Features
Now that we’ve got the base game stuff out of the way, let’s discuss the feature that you came for – Gary the Gorilla’s Feature Kingdom. You’ll gain entry if you get three or more temple symbols anywhere on the reels. Once in, you’ll start on a sweet journey of extra spins with extra features on top. These features are:
- Gorrillionaire Win Spins – 10 extra spins with a 2x multiplier applied on all wins
- Stay Wild – 10 extra spins with all wilds remaining in position after they appear
- Mega-Rilla Multiplier – 10 extra spins with a 1x multiplier for every wild that appears. You can win up to 10x multipliers
- More Wilds Feature – 10 extra spins where three symbols transform into a Wild during the duration of the extra spins
Some features are only available after you have triggered the game by a certain number of times. Stay Wild is only activated after the 5th trigger whereas Mega-Rilla and More Wilds are available after the 10th and 15th time respectively. All extra spins can be re-triggered.
Aside from the feature kingdom, you’ll also enjoy Gary’s Bonus Time feature. Gary randomly gives you instant cash (50, 100, 150, 300 or 1,000 coins) or entry into the extra spins kingdom. Finally, there’s also a Gamble Feature. You can gamble any win in a game of “guess which card”. If you choose the correct colour (red or black), you’ll double the win. If you choose the correct suit (spades, clubs, hearts, diamonds), you’ll quadruple that little nest egg of yours. What keeps you on the edge of your seat is the possibility of losing your bet if you guess incorrectly. Risk is what keeps life exciting, doesn’t it?
How Does The Game Perform?
The animals in this jungle are a bunch of jokers. There’s Gary wearing his golden crown and the sneaky-looking lemur with his large, yellow eyes. All of them dance to the tune of funky disco/retro music. It’s a real party! Their home is one to envy too. The game is set amongst lush tropical greenery that is simply teeming with life (and cheery animations).
The Feature That You Should Look Out For
As you’re playing, Gary will be busy chomping on bananas (as monkeys and apes do). Watch him closely though! The more bananas he eats, the more exciting it gets. NextGen Gaming calls this Evolving Gameplay. As Gary eats his way up each new level, you’ll move to a new area of the jungle and unlock more game features. For example, you’ll unlock even richer features in the Feature Kingdom after visiting it more than five times. The return to player also increases from 92% to 96.5% as the game progresses.
This means that the frequency and size of payouts increase when you progress up the game. You can track your progress by looking at the Banana Meter at the top-right corner of the screen. The game stores your progress at the end of each gaming session, so you don’t have to start again from the beginning when you return the next evening.
And Finally…
As they say, life’s a marathon, not a sprint. That’s exactly the case at Gorilla Go Wild. You’re literally watching Gary eat his way from a fat ape into the king of the jungle. When you just start out, the game sports a relatively uninspiring payout percentage and very few features. However, if you can hang around for more than an hour, your patience will be generously rewarded. The game really starts to go crazy at level 3, so try all your best to get there! All in all, Gorilla Go Wild is a real thrill to play.
