Wildcat Canyon is a video slot powered by NextGen Gaming software with 5 reels and 25 pay-lines.This slot is looking a lot like Wile E. Coyote. The symbols featured include a range of cartoon characters. The reels are set against the backdrop of rocky landscape which resembles to the Grand Canyon. A bunch of wild animals are featured as well as some plants like cacti. Give this slot a try here for free or visit any of the NextGen Casinos to play for real money.
If you decide to join this wildcat in his adventure you will have to adjust your bets.First set of "Up/Down Arrows" starting from left to right, are used to set the number of lines. Next to them there is another set of the arrows used to set coins size that ranges from 0.02 to 4. "Heart&Clubs" button activates gamble feature. Two arrows circling are the "Autoplay" and it is used to set the reels in motion without interruption for a desired number of times. "Play" button is used to spin the reels.
Unlike so many other NextGen video slots, this one lacks a bit in the special feature department. Nevertheless, you will not be bored. Special symbols include a Wild symbol and a Scatter, whereas special features include Free Spins bonus, and a Gamble feature.
The Wild symbol in the game is the Wildcat himself, which is appropriately since he is wild after all. The Wild symbol can appear on reels 2 and 4, and can substitute for any other symbol except the scatter.
The Scatter symbol in the game is a Pawprint. All scatter wins are multiplied by the total bet. And if you happen to land 3 or more scatters anywhere on the reels you will activate Free Spins bonus round.
Once you activate Free Spins bonus round you will get to choose the feature you wish to play. This means that you can choose how many free spins + multiplier you want. You will have 3 choices. The first one is 15 free spins with x3 multiplier for wild wins, the second is 10 free spins with x5 multiplier for wild wins, and the third level is 5 free spins with x10 multiplier for wild wins. Any wild you hit on the reels during this feature will be locked in place and you will get an extra spin. The feature can be re-triggered.
Gamble feature can be activated each time you land a winning combo by clicking on the "Heart&Clubs" button. You stand to double or quadruple your winnings. If you guess the color of the card you will double them, and if you guess the suit your winnings will be quadrupled. If you make a wrong guess you will lose everything and will be taken back to the base game. You are limited to 5 correct picks.
Game Play:
"Up/Down" arrows: Set the number of lines.
"Up/Down" arrows: Set the coins size.
Heart & Clubs: Activate the gamble feature.
Play: Start the reels.
Autoplay: Set the reels in motion without interruption for a chosen number of times.
Wildcat Canyon is a southern desert, canyon theme in association of Nextgen! It consists of 25 paylines, 3 choices of free spins and their corresponding multipliers, the lower the free spins the juicier the multipliers can be! In this game of chasing the wildcats, they are wildcats on reels 2 and on reels 4 only which means there are no wilds on the remaining reels. This reason has left me to think of why that is. I cannot make a conclusion myself. In some sessions I can get really lucky for this feature but to other odds, this wildcat cannot be caught for it's agile ability to surpass my rope of capturing bets!
This south delight is most likely giving it's theme from the "Deep South" of Southern United States. The music plays off with banjos and a bit of pianos to reveal the imagination of an individual walking through scorching sands and smoldering heatwaves under the bright orange rays of the sun! For this video slot, I made $1.25 bets without the need to go lower since I cannot catch this beast with weak bets. Under 3 scattered Pawprints on any reels, I had 3 choices......15 free spins on 3x being the most efficient and safer of the three choices, 10 free spins at 5x being the middleman.....the scale of balance stuck in "neutral" gear, or the brave looking 5 free spins confidently raising pride for it's 10x multiplier, a short session of free spins but can have large devastating emotions involved for big wins!
My first choice upon a trigger is through 15 free spins at 3x, the wildcats are held for every cat landing on reels 2 and/or 4 without taking up a free spin, and had many small wins! Some combinations were 5 kings for $41.75 with some smaller wins. I overall won $61.20 from them. Upon the 2nd trigger, I chose 5 free spins at 10x. I had doubts about choosing this, nervous too, but they went away when I witnessed what these free spins could do! Nervousness turned into confidence! 5 of a kind 9's, 2 re-spins on the 1st free spin (4th reel wildcat landing first then the 2nd reel wildcat, both on centre). The final spin raised my hopes up but got me teased!!
A Pawprint on the bottom reel 1st reel, wildcat on the 2nd top position, 3rd reel another Pawprint bottom position, 4th reel Wild cat on the same top position with nothing on the last reel. I replied to my screen, "What? Really? Oh come on, that was not right!". Then it gave me my final re-spin landing me a grand total of $118.25!!! It is neat and fun but for the last choice of free spins, I would either be amazed or disappointed, these can go either way!!! Wildcat Canyon can get a 7 out of 10 for it's feline aggression!
Pop open a beer, a coffee, a shot...perhaps more of (your favorite alcohol shot) because Wildcat Canyon can maybe become fun at times but do know that it has the nature to be as dead as roadkill......you do not want to be the person playing this video slot featureless! If you do not trigger it within 30 spins, it is time to move on!