Yggdrasil Gaming slot games are often excellent looking affairs but even by those usual high standards Niagara Falls is a cracker. The action takes place in a 1930s penny arcade style slot. The vintage style symbols include cherries, orange, plums, bell, bar, blue 7 and red 7. The best payer is the Niagara Falls logo. Land 3, 4 or 5 on the same payline for a payout of 5, 8 or 10 times your stake. There’s also a wild. Niagara Falls doesn’t just offer classy design. There’s a top range of extras on offer too.
Coin Drop Bonus feature - land a gold coin symbol on reel 5 to trigger this round. The coin is then dropped into the slot at the top of the reels and bounces its way down until it falls into 1 of the 5 slots below the reels. These slots are made up of blanks (which don’t award anything) or 5 different mini features. If a coin lands in a slot with a feature, that’s what you’ll win:
- Wild Trail – A trail of wilds is added, following the path the gold coin took to reach its slot. A new payout consideration then follows.
- Free Spins – You’ll be awarded 5 free spins (more info below).
- Shake – A shake of the reels can nudge symbols around to create a new winner.
- Stacked Spin – You’ll receive a re-spin where the reels are dominated by stacked symbols.
- Multiplier – A multiplier of 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x is applied to any current winner you have.
Cash Fall Bonus feature - this can become active at random on any spin. It’s a classic coin fall bonus commonly found in brick and mortar arcades. Each slot below the reels is given a cash value. A cascade of coins then drop down the screen. Each one that hits a slot fills a meter and awards a cash prize. Super Coins can double the value of the coins that fall into a particular slot.
Niagara Falls Free Spins Bonus feature – 5 free spins are awarded if you land bonus symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 on the same spin. 5 doesn’t sound like much of an allocation. Boosting your chances here are stacked wilds. These lock in position when they hit and are in play for the rest of the feature.
Yggdrasil Gaming has created a superb slot game here. The retro visuals are fantastic, backed by a Scott Joplin-style ragtime backing track. The selection of features on offer here delivers plenty of variety too. You shouldn’t be getting bored playing this any time soon. It’s plenty volatile too with wins of 1,000 times your stake on each spin/free spin.
Put that combination of design excellence, classy features and high variance together and Niagara Falls is a cracking overall package. However, you’re probably grown accustomed to plenty of backstory and better graphics – for that, Vikings Go Berzerk or Baron Samedi can’t be beaten.