Fire and Roses Jolly Joker

Fire and Roses Jolly Joker is an online slot from Games Global partner Triple Edge Studios and was one of the first Christmas slots we came across in 2023. Showing that Triple Edge Studios is both keen and yet not super keen to get in on the season, Fire and Roses Jolly Joker is a Christmassy version of the previously released slot Fire and Roses Joker, so the two games are naturally very close. However, this one's a joker game tapping into the Christmas spirit, so let's see if it manages to rustle up any extra cheer.

The lady joker from the original slot makes her return, except this time, she's been dressed up as one of Santa's helpers, apparently going by the name of Santa Jolene. Santa Jolene keeps players company by standing next to the reels holding a burning flower in her hand, above another flower that is also on fire, above even more flames lining the bottom of the screen as if someone's fallen asleep after a massive Xmas dinner and a spark flew from the fireplace onto the carpet and the living rooms starting to smoulder. Sorry, sidetracked there. Basically, Fire and Roses Jolly Joker goes all flaming Christmas rather than flaming classic slot/circus the way it did in the last game.

Facts and figures appear to be more or less the same as before, which means a default return to player of 96.01% from a math model rated by Triple Edge as very highly volatile. With a hit rate of 24.74%, Fire and Roses Jolly Joker pays both ways - right to left as well as left to right across its gaming grid, which is made up of 5 reels of symbols arranged in a 3-4-5-4-3 formation. To take part in the festivities, players may do so by picking a wager of 20 p/c to $/€50.

Utilising a 720 ways-to-win pay system, payouts are made when landing matching symbols on at least 3 consecutive reels starting from either the left or the right side of the gaming panel. For low symbols, Fire and Roses Jolly Joker's got decoration style clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades, then a stocking, a gingerbread man, bells, plus a gift-wrapped present as its high pays. Getting a five-of-a-kind card suit win is worth 0.8 to 1.2 times the bet, whereas a 5 premium symbol win pays 2 to 8 times the bet. The joker lady is wild, appearing on reels 2, 3, and 4. Wilds may land stacked, and they substitute for any regular pay symbol.

Fire and Roses Jolly Joker: Slot Features

Sitting under this tree are features such as a Jackpot Wheel with growing jackpots and free spins with a win multiplier.

Jackpot Wheel

Above each of the 5 reels is a jackpot, which is represented as a multiple of the bet. Every time a Jackpot Trigger symbol lands, it increases the jackpot on its reel up to a set amount by 0.5x the bet. Collecting 1 or more Jackpot Trigger symbols gives a chance to spin the Jackpot Wheel. Once a jackpot is awarded, it resets. When the Jackpot Wheel triggers, players win 1 of 5 guaranteed jackpots:

• Mini – starts at 5x and can grow to 75x the bet.
• Minor - starts at 10x and can grow to 100x the bet.
• Major - starts at 50x and can grow to 250x the bet.
• Mega - starts at 200x and can grow to 1,000x the bet.
• Ultra - starts at 1,000x and can grow to 5,000x the bet.

Free Spins

Landing a scatter symbol on each reel, spelling out the word J, O, L, L, Y triggers free spins. Upon triggering, every free spins scatter that landed either awards +1 extra free spin or it increases the free spins win multiplier by +1x. Players also win 1x the bet when the feature triggers, and at least 6 free spins will be awarded. Free spins can be retriggered, and they come with a win multiplier, which applies to ways wins and retrigger pays. The free spins multiplier increases by 0.5x when free spins scatter land on exactly 4 reels in the base game, up to a maximum of x10, though the maximum value when entering free spins may be as high as x15. The multiplier resets to x1 when free spins are complete.

Fire and Roses Jolly Joker: Slot Verdict

With the release of Fire and Roses Jolly Joker, Triple Edge Studios can technically tick 'Xmas slot' off its list for the year. Not a super amount of effort seems to have gone into this box-ticking exercise, though, and low-interest sort of sums up Fire and Roses Jolly Joker as a whole. Reskins are the order of the day, a lot of the time, when it comes to Christmas games, so Fire and Roses Jolly Joker is in good company, but that didn't stop it from being a pretty uninspiring slot which raised little in the way of seasonal cheer.

Some of Fire and Roses Jolly Joker's brighter moments include the fact it has numerous ways to win on a gaming grid which pays both ways. Also, the way wilds can land fully stacked, though they don't seem to do so very often, is a possible plus. The game's pretty busy, too, with Jackpot Trigger scatters flying about, plenty of free spins scatter symbols hitting here and there, plus the super enthused voiceovers from Santa Jolene might appeal. Not that copious amounts of on-screen activity necessarily translates into major monetary results, though with a 5,000x the bet max win, positive things can technically occur.

Hey ho, add another Christmas slot to the list. Like a lot of these Xmas reskins, Fire and Roses Jolly Joker isn't one that seems set to make much of an impact. Some players may like the rising jackpots feature, or trying their luck alongside the intensely staring Santa Jolene, but it's hard to see Fire and Roses Jolly Joker having made much of a lasting impression by the time Boxing Day rolls around.