We love Christmas, and buy extension love christmas themed video slots. Therefore we were thrilled to review Merry Bells, a five reel video slot from Octopus Gaming.
The slot includes 25 paylines, wild symbols, scatters and a bonus round where you play the role of santa for cash rewards (there's none of that carrot and mince pie malarky here).
Merry Bells Theme
Red velvet, tinsel, glitter, lights and holly surround the reels. There’s even the odd shooting star to add a touch of magic. These visual elements are enhanced by audio effects which include jingling sleigh bells and icon specific sound bites such as Santa bellowing out a 'ho, ho, ho'.
Each reel icon relates to Christmas time. They include Santa, elves, snowmen, penguins, reindeer, presents, baubles, stockings and advent candles. There's three bonus icons to look out for too in the form of Christmas trees, sleighs and snow topped houses.
Betting Options and More Functions
An auto play button has been cleverly embedded within the red ribbon at the bottom of the slot. Pressing this button will present a variety of automatic play modes which begin once selected and use your preset bet.
Merry Bells Slot Features
Snow topped houses are always a welcome sight around christmas time and they’re welcome here too as they are wild. This means it can count as any regular icon, so the bonus sleigh and scattered christmas tree are both excluded.
Ten, twenty or fifty free spins can be won when three, four or five scattered christmas trees appear on screen. This is fair amount more than other slots which is great if you can trigger the feature.
The stocking stuffer bonus game is triggered when three or more sleigh icons appear on screen. This loads a snowcapped town of houses from which you choose. Santa then pops down the chimney and awards you a nice bonus prize.
Our Take on Merry Bells
There’s a good amount of festive cheer included on the reels, not to mention a rather jolly bonus round. The best thing is that you can enjoy this holiday themed slot at any time of the year, and if it happens to be christmas it’s even better.
Video Slot game data and features
- 5Reels
- 25Pay lines
- $50,000.00Max cash jackpot
- YesWild Symbol
- NoMultiplier
- $0.01 - $125Betting Range
- 0.01 - 5.0Coin bet range
- 1Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 10000Max coins jackpot
- 25Max coins
- YesScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- YesBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
