Wins of Mermaid Multipower

Wins of Mermaid Multi Power: Slot Overview

Popular in folklore across the globe, mermaids are creatures that are top half lady, bottom half fish, and two of the most well-known are the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen and Ariel from the animated Disney film 'The Little Mermaid'. One of these mythical creatures of the deep also appears in Fantasma Gaming's online slot Wins of Mermaid Multi Power. The lead role in this game bears a closer resemblance to the animated cartoon Ariel, rather than Edvard Eriksen's 165.5 kg bronze statue, and, on closer inspection, shares many of the key mechanics found in Pragmatic Play's smash hit Gates of Olympus.

In other words, Wins of Mermaid is a scatter-paying online slot with a tumble feature and multiplier symbols. However, Fantasma Games hasn't just copied features over but has included several extras to spice up the flow of the game. Like Gates, the main character floats by the grid on the right-hand side, though this time she's a trident-wielding mermaid, while the rest of the view is filled with things like mountains of coins and coral reef stuff, all lit by an inviting pinky purple light.

Taking centre stage is a 6-reel, 5-row gaming matrix. Wins are created on the reels when 8 or more identical pay symbols are in view, regardless of their positions. Hidden in the waters is Wins of Mermaid's medium-high volatile math model, creating an RTP of 96% when betting 20 c to $/€80 per spin. Switching the Scatter Boost on increases the chance of triggering free spins by a factor of 2.04, though also increasing the bet by 0.25x in the process.

Any scatter win activates an Avalanche. The winning symbols get removed from the reels, and symbols avalanche downwards to fill the empty positions. If a new win appears on the board then the Avalanche feature activates again. Wins of Mermaid's low pays are blue, green, purple, yellow, and red gems, while its high pays are jewellery, a skull, a pearl, and a chest of treasure. When hitting a scatter win involving 8-9 matching symbols, the rewards are 0.25 to 10 times the bet, climbing to 2 to 50 times the bet for achieving a 12+ sized scatter win. Wins of Mermaid does not use wilds to help make scatter wins.

Wins of Mermaid Multi Power: Slot Features

Joining the scatter paying mechanic is an Avalanche feature, respins, explosions, multipliers, free spins, and the bonus buy.

Respin

The Trident symbol lands on all reels in the base game and free spins. When a Trident lands, it triggers the respin feature when there is a win on the screen. It eliminates up to 12 random regular symbols and generates a Multiplier at its location. The Multiplier's value is equal to the number of regular symbols removed. An Avalanche is then activated.

Explosion

The Bomb symbol also lands on all reels in the base game and free spins. When a Bomb hits, it triggers the explosion feature when there is no win and no Trident on the screen. The Bomb symbol explodes, eliminating regular symbols in a 3x3 area adjacent to it. One random regular symbol is picked and is generated at all exploded positions. The Bomb symbol also generates a Multiplier symbol at its location with a multiplier of up to x10.

Multiplier

Multiplier symbols may appear anywhere in any phase of play, with a value of x2 to x500. At the end of an Avalanche sequence, the values of all Multiplier symbols in view are summed up and applied to the total win.

Free Spins

Landing 4 scatter symbols in the base game awards 15 free spins. During free spins, when a Multiplier symbol hits and the spin results in a win, the Multiplier value is added to the Total Multiplier. For the duration of the round, when a new Multiplier symbol hits and the spin produces a win, the Total Multiplier value is applied to it. Players win +5 free spins for landing 3 scatter symbols or +15 extra free spins for landing 4 scatter symbols.

Buy Free Spins

Users may buy Wins of Mermaid's free spins feature for 100 times the bet, guaranteeing a round that triggers the feature. The RTP for buying the bonus is 96.27%.

Wins of Mermaid Multi Power: Slot Verdict

From start to finish, it was hard to shake the feeling we've got Pragmatic Play's Gate of Olympus to thank for Wins of Mermaid's existence. The cascade, scatter pay, and multiplier symbol combo have gone down an absolute storm for Pragmatic Play and has been reused in one form or another in a significant number of the studio's follow-ups. Now it seems Fantasma Games has caught the GOO fever and decided to do a version of its own. There are two ways of taking this. One, the studio is trying to capitalise on the success of the Gates range while adding in a few modifications. Or two, the team simply liked the features and mechanics and had a few ideas they thought would enhance the experience, so they bolted them on to create Wins of Mermaid.

No matter if scenario one or two is the correct one, or if there are combinations of both (or something else entirely), players have another, watery way of enjoying some scatter-paying action. Wins of Mermaid is indeed very close to Gates of Olympus in function, offering another helping of scatter-paying activity. On a positive note, the extra parts Fantasma Games has included have enhanced the experience. It's hard to name any which are wildly innovative or anything like that, but Tridents, Bombs, and explosions all have their place. As well as adding depth, they help prevent Wins of Mermaid from being a total Gates rip-off. Winning potential is a lot higher in Wins of Mermaid compared to GOO as well (though Gates of Olympus 1000 beats them both), topping out at 10,000x the bet.

So does this make Wins of Mermaid a better game than its Ancient Greek counterpart? Not necessarily, though it's by no means pond scum, either. Wins of Mermaid doesn't have the same sparkling bedazzle which Pragmatic Play excels at coating its slots with, and of course, there's the copycat/influencer element. But Wins of Mermaid is a tidily made slot that provides extra depth, extra features, and more potential than some of the others it's competing against as it delivers scatter-paying gambling.