Hot Tuna Bonus Features
At least three leaping tuna scatter symbols are needed to trigger free spins although I found a couple of random ways to make entry easier. If two scatters are in view, they can nudge down, potentially bringing a third into view, or another tuna can simply materialize onto the grid, although neither of these happened to me when I played the Hot Tuna online slot.
Eventually I gave up waiting for free spins and went for the bonus buy option. As I mentioned, this all-or-nothing style is popular, so you may be happy waiting for three, four or five scatter symbols, which award 10, 15, or 20 free spins respectively. It’s just not for me.
Once triggered, the fish money symbols pay their values which can be 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, or 2,500x the total bet. The fisherman can now appear, and he’s a wild symbol, who was a big help as I played, acting as others when he can then complete or improve winning combinations. He also adds one extra free spin on each appearance and gathers in the values of all fish money symbols in view at the same time.
A new Hot Tuna symbol multiplies the values of any fish gathered in the same spin by 10x. Several can land at once, each multiplying the fish prizes, but unfortunately, I didn’t see any as I played.
A stack of seven tuna cans is in view to the left of the reels throughout the free spins. Any money symbols not collected by the fisherman build in the meter and each sixth example moved me up a level. Hitting the Hot Tuna can at the top adds 10 more free spins with a Hot Tuna symbol landing on each. Hot Tuna can now collect in the meter and the free spins bonus round retrigger if the collection reaches the top level.
Having bought into the bonus games for 100 credits, I only won 26.4 credits over 12 spins. So, it wasn’t a good investment.
