Overview
Step right up to Jester Wheel, a dazzling creation from developer Rabcat that brings a vibrant twist to classic casino action. This slot plunges you into a lively, fruit-filled Vegas experience, complete with mischievous jesters and an abundance of wheel-spinning excitement. Played on a dynamic 5-reel, 3-row grid with 25 paylines, Jester Wheel offers a visually crisp, traditional aesthetic, adorned with familiar fruit machine symbols against a clean crimson backdrop. Don't be fooled by its classic charm; this game boasts High Volatility for thrilling, big-win potential up to 2,146x your stake. What truly sets it apart is the "wheel action"—four unique modifiers from the Jester Wheel in the base game, plus a Multiplier Wheel and persistent features in the Free Spins, appealing to both classic slot fans and those craving innovative bonus mechanics.
Gameplay & Features
Scatterslead to pretty much all of Jester Wheel's features, depending on how many of them land. Having exactly2 scattersin view during the base game triggers theJester Wheel, which awards1 of 4 bonus featuresand1 bonus spinwhere the feature is active. This could be:
Jester Burst– 2 to 6 wilds are added to random positions on the reels. Jester Reel– 1 to 3 reels are randomly covered in wilds. Jester Mirror– reel 3 is covered in wild symbols, and paylines pay from both sides. Jester Trail– a wild symbol is placed in a random position and walks in an arbitrary path, creating up to 4 more wilds.
• Jester Free Spins
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Landing3 scatter symbolsin view awards8 Jester Free Spins. For free spins, one of the four bonus features described above isactive on every spin. Also, theJester Wheel is removedand replaced with aMultiplier Wheel. Ifone scatter symbollands in free spins, the Multiplier Wheel is activated and applies amultiplier of x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, or x10to the win value of the current spin
Final Thoughts
In some ways, Jester Wheel is an anomaly for Rabcat and feels a little out of place in their catalogue of games. When a Rabcat slot comes our way, it's usually set in an imaginative world, often with a fantasy streak, boasting vivid visuals, colourful characters, and a creative theme. Not knocking the studio's decision to make one of these Vegas games as such, most developers get round to making one sooner or later. Heck, it can seem like some studios have practically built a career out of making these games. Only mentioning it because a fruit slot full of jesters sticks out like a sore thumb in the Rabcat line-up.
So how does Jester Wheel stack up against a tidal wave of competition? Well, if you're the sort of player you just cannot get enough of these sorts of games, then Jester Wheel is probably worthy of a crack. It's got the looks, funky sounds, and the sort of slick, jazzy ways the genre is infamous for. In fact, it can be hard to differentiate Jester Wheel from a number of others out there, but that might have been the point. From a features perspective, there's loads of wild action going on, provided by the Jester Wheel, and there's the chance of scoring multipliers in free spins. However, don't expect major fireworks. Basing calculations on the max win and max bet, potential comes to2,146x. It's pretty safe to say that if you're not one of Jester Wheels target customers, then there is not much here to tempt you in otherwise.
So, one for hardcore harlequin fans, who may well be entertained by the relatively high hit rate, a quartet of modifiers and the possibility of multipliers in free spins. However, it's hard to look past the fact Jester Wheel doesn't offer much, if anything, that can't be found elsewhere, and the modest potential didn't do much for the game's appeal. In the end, Jester Wheel is okay for what it is, but we kind of missed being taken on the sort of fantastical journey a Rabcat game usually embarks on.
