Fruityways Bonanza Megaways

Fruityways Bonanza Megaways: Slot Overview

Developer Stakelogic does appear to like its fruit and seems to have found themselves a winning concept. Following on from games like Fruit Storm and Hola Frutas comes Fruityways Bonanza Megaways. They also like sweet stuff, and Fruityways Bonanza Megaways is essentially a reskin of a previous release titled Candyways Bonanza 2 Megaways. What that all means for players then is a fruit-themed online slot, decked out with features such as Mystery Wilds, free spins with Multiplier Symbols, and a bonus buy.

Where Candyways Bonanza Megaways 2 was a visual explosion of miscellaneous sugary items, Stakelogic has toned things down for the fruit remake. The game takes place at a beach, somewhere tropical, as evidenced by the palm trees swaying gently in the breeze and the invitingly blue water. Complimenting the exotic angle, most of the fruit here is different from the plums, lemons, grapes, et al. usually found in a fruit slot. An upbeat tune reinforces the party mood, and the satisfying way winning symbols bounce and cascade off the grid combine to give Fruityways Bonanza Megaways a rather pleasant atmosphere.

A Megaways slot, its game panel consists of 6 vertically spinning reels and a horizontal tracking reel on top. The number of symbols on the main reels can vary on each spin, producing up to 117,649 ways to win. It's available on any device, and players can select regular bets of 20 p/c to $/€20 per spin or activate the Super Stake, which doubles the bet. With Super Stake switched on, free spins have double the chance of triggering. As before, the game is highly volatile and produces a maximum RTP of 95.8%, though lower models may be available.

Players score a regular ways win when matching symbols land on adjacent reels, starting from the first reel onwards. Its healthy food all the way through the paytable, where from low to high, the pay symbols are made up of what looks like passion fruit, lychees, papaya, apricots, dragon fruit, kiwi fruit, pineapples, coconuts, watermelon, and bananas. Quite a banquet. Landing a six-of-a-kind winning way awards 0.7 to 10 times the stake.

Fruityways Bonanza Megaways: Slot Features

Stirred in with all the health foody are cascading wins, Mystery Wilds, and free spins with Multiplier Symbols.

Cascades

When winning combinations land on the reels, the symbols involved in them are removed from the grid. Symbols left on the reel strips fall down into the empty spaces, and if a win is created after the drop, the cascade feature repeats the process.

Mystery Wilds

Mystery Symbols appear on the top reel only, acting as wild so they can substitute for any regular pay symbols. Mystery Symbols pick a random pay symbol, and any instances of the chosen symbol type below it on the same reel turn wild as well.

Free Spins

Landing 4 or more surfboard bonus scatters in the base game triggers the free spins bonus round. Players are able to pick one of these options:

• Super Free Spins – 15 free spins where Multiplier Symbols have values of x2 to x30.
• Mega Free Spins – 10 free spins where Multiplier Symbols have values of x2 to x50.
• Insane Free Spins – 8 free spins where Multiplier Symbols have values of x2 to x100.

Multiplier Symbols only appear in free spins, displaying values of x2 to x100 depending on the round chosen. During cascades, Multiplier Symbols are not removed from the grid but remain on the board. When a cascade sequence ends, the value of all Multiplier Symbols in view is added up and applied to the total win for that free spin. Finally, if 4 or more Bonus Scatters symbols are on the reels at the end of a cascade sequence, the initial number of free spins is re-awarded.

Buy Bonus

When the Buy Bonus button is present, players can click it to free spins for the cost of 100x the bet. Once bought and triggered, players can choose from the Super, Mega, or Insane Free Spins options.

Fruityways Bonanza Megaways: Slot Verdict

The original Candyways Bonanza Megaways was an unusually sized (for Megaways) three-reel game. Despite the smaller than usual grid size, it was capable of packing a mighty wallop through its accumulating Multiplier Symbols. Much of that returned for Candyways Bonanza Megaways 2, though on a larger, more conventional 6+1 matrix, which was less unique, but still packed a punch. For the fruit crossover, the studio has stuck with the more orthodox set-up, skipping the experimentalism displayed in the first game. As such, those who prefer something a step or two outside the norm are as unlikely to find it in Fruityways Bonanza Megaways as they were in Candyways Bonanza Megaways 2.

That's certainly not to say Fruityways Bonanza Megaways is a write-off, though, as it is every bit as pleasant to play as its predecessor was. Stakelogic got imaginative with the fruit symbols, and the whole game exudes a chilling at an exotic beach charm. Maybe the Caribbean, Cuba, or somewhere even further afield. The gameplay certainly hasn't suffered from the reskinning process, and the bonus rounds' serving of cascades and accumulating Multiplier Symbols are as potentially as entertaining as ever. The win cap, too, has remained steady at 30,000 times the stake. The only main thing missing between this one and the previous game is the gamble feature has been removed, for whatever reason.

Being a reskin and all, players who got a kick out of the candy version are likely to get a kick out of the healthier food version as well. Fruityways Bonanza Megaways has a nice flow going on; it looks and sounds pleasant and has a few tricks it can deploy during free spins. There's nothing new or exceptional to explore, but if kicking back at the beach with a playable slot is on the agenda, Fruityways Bonanza Megaways could be the go.