The flora and fauna of the rainforest form the backdrop to the action here. On the reels are lower value A to 10 symbols as well as 4 higher paying wild creatures. The best of them is the ape. Land 3, 4 or 5 of these on 1 of the game’s 20 paylines and you’ll receive an award of 2, 10 or 25 times your stake.
There’s also a wild which can land on all 5 reels and replace all of the standard symbols. The wild can really come into its own during Wild Ape’s 2 feature rounds.
Wild Ape Re-spins feature - this round is activated by filling 3 adjacent reels with stacked ape symbols. You’ll then receive 3 re-spins on an expanded reel set with 40 paylines. During those re-spins, all ape symbols become wild.
Free Spins feature - the second feature is triggered by landing the Bonus symbol on reels 1, 3 and 5 on the same spin. You’ll then play the spin the wheel bonus. There are 2 parts to the wheel. First the outer reel spins to determine how many free spins you’ll receive. This will be 6, 8, 10, 12, 15 or 20.
A spin of the inner wheel then follows. This determines how many extra wilds are added to the reels during those free spins. This figures ranges from a minimum of 10 right up to a maximum of 50. The free spins then play out on an expanded set of reels. The number of paylines in play doubles from the standard 20 up to 40.
iSoftBet has taken a couple of standard features and gives them a bit of shake to entertaining effect. Both the re-spins and the free spins can be well worth hitting because of the potential from the added wilds. This can lead to wins of 1,000 times your stake on each re-spin/free spin.
Wild Ape lives up to its name in more ways than one. It’s not the flashiest looking jungle-themed slot game we’ve seen but the wild goodies make it well worth a spin. If you fancy jungle action, Jungle Giants by Playtech is my go-to game.