At First Glance
We all know the story: Little Red Riding Hood travels into the woods alone. On the way, she meets a big bad wolf who asks her where she’s heading. Silly girl naively reveals the location of her grandma’s house, so the wolf beats her there and poses as her granny. Little Red Riding Hood doesn’t quite fall for the disguise, as she remarks at what large ears her granny has, eyes and so on. However, just as she exclaims “what big teeth you have!” and the wolf replies “all the better to eat you with!”, a huntman comes and saves Little Red Riding Hood and her granny! Well, the entire story is brought to life in NetEnt’s latest slot, “Fairytale Legends: Little Red Riding Hood”. NetEnt has packed quite a few features into this number! There’s Fairy Magic Spins, Fairy Wild Spins, Sticky Wild Re-spins, Fairy Surprise, and Bonus features including a Coin Win, Beware the Wolf Bonus, and Extra Spins.
Game Basics
The game starts off like any other slot. There are five reels and 20 paylines. You’ll find gorgeous storybook-themed paraphernalia on the reels, including a leather bound book, roses, jeweled keys, crowns and a treasure chest. There are Wild symbols too that can substitute any other symbol and complete winning paylines. These can appear on any of the three middle reels. The game accepts bets from 20p to £200 per spin. You can choose any denomination that fits within your budget. I must say that the Wild symbols appear quite frequently during the base game play.
Bonus Features
NetEnt has introduced a new character in the story: a fairy who bestows random surprises! In case you don’t remember the original story, the hero in The Little Red Riding Hood is the huntsman, not a fairy. I suppose having a bloke throw surprises at you doesn’t give the same magical wonder as a fairy in a sparkly dress. This feature is randomly triggered after a non-winning spin. She’ll be your special fairy godmother who’ll sprinkle some extra wilds and multipliers onto your reels when you least expect it.
If you get three Scatter symbols, you’ll trigger the Treasure Chest bonus game. You get to pick one of three games: Coin Win, Beware the Wolf or Extra Spins. The first one is least fun, but you’ll get an instant cash prize of about 15x your stake. Beware the Wolf is a board-game. You’ll move around the board and try and get yourself to Grandma’s house. On the way, you’ll collect multipliers and coins and so on. There’s up to 200 times your stake to be won! Extra Spins is just as it says on the tin. You should definitely try to play each one of them at least once, to get a feel of the entire game!
The Sticky Wild Re-spins feature is triggered whenever you get two or more wilds in a single spin. They’ll stay in position while the reels automatically launch into a free re-spin; doubling your chances of getting another win. You could get even more wilds during the re-spin and re-trigger the feature, setting off quite an impressive re-spin sequence!
How Does The Game Perform?
This Little Red Riding Hood slot showcases the sheer amount of graphic design skill and creativity that NetEnt has in their studios. The entire game is simply gorgeous! The alphabets on the reels, embellishments around the border and every illustration looks really sophisticated. The music is superbly composed. I especially love how the trumpets come out from both sides of the screen to celebrate mega wins. The game is available on both desktop and mobile platforms.
The Feature That You Should Look Out For
This slot is part of a new NetEnt series called Fairytale Legends. Just as Disney is reproducing all their cartoons as blockbuster movies with human actors, NetEnt is taking a grown-up twist to a genre that is usually reserved for children. The slot powerhouse has already created a number of slots after fairy tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk, Arabian Nights, Hook’s Heroes and Robin Hood, although none of these are officially part of the Fairytale Legends series.
It’s not clear yet what characteristics would qualify a slot to be part of that series, or what additional resources have been dedicated to the efforts. Whatever it is, I’m sure it’s worth the wait! What would you like to see next? Comment below! I’d be quite impressed if they can turn Snow White or Cinderella into a slot!
And Finally…
Everyone has heard at least one fairy tale while growing up, be it from their parents, school teachers or on TV. It is no wonder then that NetEnt has chosen this genre to inspire an entire slot series. After all, it guarantees them a broad audience that relate to theme, and there’s lots of room to play around and get creative.
I really enjoyed re-discovering familiar characters and narratives in slot format. Of course, I appreciated all the extra cash wins too. As usual, NetEnt has pulled off a fabulous production and we are sure you will enjoy this mobile slot here at Fortune Frenzy casino tremendously!
