4 Cherry Bonanza

4 Cherry Bonanza: Slot Overview

Since 3 Cherry Frenzy apparently popped off, software provider PearFiction Studios has struck while the iron is hot and produced the next chapter in the cherry saga. This one is 4 Cherry Bonanza, so we're sticking with the same fruit, but what the frenzy becoming a bonanza transition means we'll have to wait and see. The game's maker calls it 'bigger, bolder, and juicer than ever', though they will say that, won't they. However, 4 Cherry Bonanza does look to be a busy, busy game as they can be from PearFiction Studios, with a variety of LockNWin features and other extras to dissect.

As well as being a busy game, 4 Cherry Bonanza also make use of PearFiction Studios' signature big, bright, and bold visual approach to slot design. Everything has a chunky, bouncy look to it, and the screen is coated in cherries, coins, and colour. The visual assault isn't to cover up for a lack of features either, because 4 Cherry Bonanza has loads of them as well. In some ways, it is quite different from 3 Cherry Frenzy, being not so obviously disco-focused. In other ways, it kind of rings bells of other slots, being so classically PearFiction presented.

Played on a 5x3 matrix, 4 Cherry Bonanza is a highly volatile slot, with three possible RTPs - the highest is 96%. It takes bets of $/€0.20 to $/€25 and offers a couple of Boost options to augment play. The game uses a ways to win pay system, alternating from 243 to 7,776 depending on the grid state.

The pay symbols in 4 Cherry Bonanza are 10 to Ace, blueberries, watermelons, lemons, oranges, and plums. Landing 5 matching pay symbols in a winning combination awards 0.8x to 4x the stake. Wilds substitute all symbols except Pot, Collect, Topgraderz, and Cash value symbols.

4 Cherry Bonanza: Slot Features

In the section are Topgraderz symbols, a Collect feature, a Wheel feature, LockNWins, Jackpots, and Boost.

Topgraderz Symbols

The top row spins horizontally and awards Topgraderz symbols:

• Split symbol – Adds up to 3 rows to the reel it lands on. Split reels carry into the LockNWin.
• Boost symbols – Increase collected Cash value symbols by 1x to 25x the bet.
• Multiplier symbols – Multiplies a random collected Cash value by x2-x100.
• Scatter symbol – Collect on each reel to instantly trigger all 3 LockNWin. Can be collected over several spins. Only appears in the base game.

Collect Feature

Cash symbols can have values of 0.2x to 100x the bet. In the base game, the Collect symbol may land on the rightmost reel, and it collects all Cash symbols in view for an instant win. The Jumping Collect symbol may place additional or increase existing Cash symbol values. The Respin Collect symbol locks all landed Cash symbols and respins the reels, respinning again if new Cash symbols land. When no new Cash symbols hit, the values are collected. Finally, the Double Collect awards collected Cash values twice.

Wheel Feature

When the purple Pot symbol lands, it may trigger the Wheel feature in the base game or the LockNWin. The Wheel awards a jackpot, an instant cash prize, or the LockNWin. LockNWin features are combinable depending on how the round is triggered or awarded.

LockNWin

When triggered, 3 respins are awarded. When a Cash, Pot, Multiply, or Jackpot Coin lands, the respins count returns to 3. The round ends when respins end or the grid is full.

• LockNWin Dual Reels - When a yellow Coin is collected, it may trigger Dual Reels LockNWin. This adds an additional independent set of reels to the LockNWin round.
• LockNWin Multiply - When a red Coin is collected, it may trigger the Multiply LockNWin. It starts at x2, and when a Multiply symbol lands, its value (x2-x100) is added to the multiplier. On each spin, the total multiplier is applied to all Cash value symbols that land.
• LockNWin Supreme - The Supreme LockNWin may be activated when a pink Coin is collected. In this, the purple Cash symbol collects all cash on the reel set.

Jackpots

Jackpot Coins can only land in the LockNWin phase. Filling meters awards the corresponding jackpot. There are the Mini, Minor, Major, and Mega Jackpots, worth 15x, 50x, 500x, and 10,000x the bet, respectively.

Boost

Activating the Boost increases the frequency of Collect symbols landing. The two options are 2x the bet for 2x the frequency, or 10x the bet for 15x the frequency.

4 Cherry Bonanza: Slot Verdict

Pop an overripe cherry and get showered in juice. Pop an overripe PearFiction Studios slot and get showered in features, colour, and all sorts of 'classic' features. 4 Cherry Bonanza is a prime example, oozing extras while offering several step-ups from 3 Cherry Frenzy. One of the updates is the fourth pot Wheel feature. It's not exactly cutting-edge tech, though. Trigger it, and its rewards, Cash prizes, Jackpots, or LockNWin rounds, aren't really different from what was on offer in the previous game. Just here, there is an additional way of winning them. Prize wheels do have an inherent cliff-hanger quality, though, so returning players drawn to this sort of tantalisation have that to look forward to.

The next upgrade is the expanded Collect options, where players can now keep an eye out for the regular Collect, Jumping Collect, Respin Collect, and Double Collect. Sure, they might all boil down to the same thing – collecting Cash values, but the extra effects do make a neat addition. Plus, Cash collecting is one of 4 Cherry Bonanza's central means of entertainment, so the variety and the various effects broaden the experience.

Another thing that's been broadened is winning potential, increasing from 3 Cherry Frenzy's 5,000x to a doubled figure of 10,000x, capping off 4 Cherry Bonanza. There are plenty of LockNWin slots floating around now, often combined with mechanics such as Loot Collect, Topgraderz, UpZones, all sorts. As such, games like this aren't the best way to sample the latest developments in online slot design. However, PearFiction Studios is good at making this sort of thing, so gamblers who have been pulled in this direction in the past should nevertheless be able to get some enjoyment out of 4 Cherry Bonanza.