Pinocchio's Journey

We all know a tale of a poor woodcarver Geppetto and his wish to carve himself a marionette in order to make a living as a puppeteer. However, his puppet Pinocchio magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy, and now he needs to find the Great Fairy to help him achieve that!

Well, the creative team at Triple Cherry has decided to give you a chance to join this wooden child and travel with him on his journey to help him become a real boy!

Enter this 5-reeled online slot machine, use various special features and let the adventure begins!

Theme and Symbols

Upon loading the game, you will enter the workshop that belonged to the old woodcarver, and get a chance of working on your table to create another incredible wooden child with a life on its own!

The background is completely blurry, though, with the wooden reels of irregular shape put in the foreground and two huge candle lanterns on both sides illuminating the place.

To the left of the reels, you will see a manual on creating a marionette, while on the right, there is a gavel and a nail. 

The rest of the tools could be found across the black reel backdrop, so, you will see sandpaper, a saw, a hook, a wooden giraffe, a piggy bank, a toy cart, a marionette, as well as a whole different set of symbols showing various toys that you can use during the Free Spins round!

The blue Fairy represents the special Wild symbol!

Betting Options and Other Functions

This magical medium-volatile online game is played across 5 reels and 3 rows while offering 25 ways to win and a slightly below-average RTP percentage of 95.41%.

Before you start your woodcraft, you need to set your bets that range from $0.30 to $20, which may not appeal to some punters who love to take bigger risks!

The paytable starts with the sandpaper that pays up to 1.5x the stake for 5-of-a-kind, while...

...the highest-rewarding symbol is the Pinocchio marionette, paying up to 25x the stake for 5 across a pay line!

The symbols that take place during the special Free Spins round, though, have different values, with the frog paying the least – up to 3x the stake - and the picture of Pinocchio paying the most – up to 30x the stake for 5 in a combo!

The Wild Fairy symbol does not pay on its own, as it only substitutes for the other symbols of the game!

Special Features

This adventurous online game comes with one main special feature, that can comes with a certain twist.

It is a well-known Free Spins feature, only here it is triggered in a completely different way than punters have got used to!

Upon loading the game, you will notice the progress bar on top of the reels, with a Pinocchio's head shown on the left. In order to trigger the Free Spins feature, you will need to complete the bar, by collecting the hat symbols on the reels, with each filling 12.5% of the bar.

When that occurs, you will get 6 extra spins and be transported to the new setting where you get to play these spins using a new set of symbols!

Now, this new reel set comes with a new progress bar that increases with every Sombra symbol that lands on the reels!

When you fill 50% of the bar, you will be awarded 3 additional free spins, and then, if you manage to complete the whole bar, you will meet the Fairy and get another 4 extra spins!

Lastly, if you are too anxious to wait for the progress bar to fill, you can choose a Buy Feature option and trigger the bonus game instantly!

Verdict

The team at Triple Cherry has succeeded in creating an innovative online game with beautiful visuals, simple gameplay and interesting features!

Although the title could have offered another feature to complement the Free Spins round, the way in which this round is played could be just enough for a good player experience!