Blazing Piranhas: Slot Review and Free Play Demo

Blazing Piranhas Review

When we first tried the previous LinkNWin installment from PearFiction, the humorous Granny Vs Zombies, we didn’t really expect a follow-up in the horror comedy genre. We were therefore pleasantly surprised by Blazing Piranhas, which comes with equally horrific, yet hilarious, visuals. The nasty little river creatures chase the swimming character symbols in a blood-splattering feeding frenzy, leaving nothing but the skeleton behind (as well as a bunch of wilds, of course).

This feature is enough to keep the base game alive and kicking (and screaming), and there are plenty of other bonus features as well. The free spins round comes with a choice of up to 6 piranha wilds per spin, for example, which can turn into a real bloodbath of wilds, and there is also the LockNWin and LockNWin Jackpot bonuses. Coins are collected to eventually trigger a Jackpot Wheel, and all the features are capable of landing you payouts up to 5,000x your stake.

Blazing Piranhas Slot - Reels Screen

Blazing Piranhas Slot Features

The low-value piranha symbols pay between 1 and 1.4 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, while the 4 premium character symbols pay between 7 and 25 x your stake for the same. You can land multiple Piranha Wilds at the same time, and they move left to gobble up any character symbol that lands to the left of them on the same row. They leave new wilds in their wake, and the character symbol, or what’s left of it, also turns wild for the current spin. Wilds step in for all pay symbols to help complete and/or improve wins.

The LockNWin Bonus triggers from 6+ coin symbols in view, and this gives you 3 respins on a cleared 5x4 sized grid where the triggering symbols are already sticky. You can unlock up to 3 extra rows via 1, 2, and 3 Key Coin symbols, respectively, and regular cash coins come with values between 1 and 12 x your stake. In addition, you can land the following special coins:

• Key Coin - pays 1 to 12 x your stake, and unlocks the first extra row. After that you need 2 and 3 key coins, respectively, to unlock the 2 final extra rows.
• Star Coin - awards the Jackpot LockNWin feature when the current LockNWin feature ends.

Blazing Piranhas Slot - LockNWin Bonus

The Jackpot LockNWin feature plays out on a grid where different jackpot coins land. You need 3 matching jackpot coins on the same row to win the corresponding prize, and these are the Micro, Mini, Minor, Major, and Mega jackpots. They are worth 15x, 25x, 100x, 500x, or 5,000x your stake, respectively, and the Mega Jackpot can also be won by filling all positions (including the 3 initially locked rows) in the regular LockNWin feature.

You need at least 3 scatter symbols in view to trigger the Free Spins Bonus Round, and this gives you a choice of 4 different options depending on the number of triggering scatters. Here is an overview:

• 3 scatters lets you choose between 5, 7, 10, or 12 free spins with 6, 5, 4, or 3 wilds, respectively.
• 4 scatters lets you choose between 10, 14, 20, or 24 free spins with 6, 5, 4, or 3 wilds, respectively.
• 5 scatters lets you choose between 15, 21, 30, or 36 free spins with 6, 5, 4, or 3 wilds, respectively.

Blazing Piranhas Slot - Free Spins

The number of wilds you get with your choice are placed randomly onto the grid per free spin, and you can also retrigger the bonus round. This gives you the same amount of extra spins as what you got initially.

Coin symbols that appear in the base game are collected, and this progresses you along the progress bar you see above the grid. The progress bar is saved between bet levels, and when it’s filled you trigger a spin on The Jackpot Wheel. The Jackpot Wheel awards one of the jackpots we have already mentioned above.

Non-UK Players, and anyone eligible, will find the Bonus Buy button as a shopping cart icon in the top right corner. It comes with the 4 following options:

• Pay 31.7x the stake for the Jackpot LockNWin feature.
• Pay 30.93x the stake for the regular LockNWin bonus.
• Pay 52.05x the stake for the Free Spins Bonus Round.
• Pay 31.25x the stake for a spin on the Jackpot Wheel.

The 200 Spins Blazing Piranhas Slot Experience

You get to see the piranha wild feature in action just as the 6-minute highlights video starts, and then we purchase and trigger the free spins round at 0:38 into the video. The regular LockNWin feature triggers at 2:33, and then you get to see the Jackpot Wheel at 4:18. Finally, the Jackpot LockNWin feature triggers at the 5-minute mark, and you can check it all out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

We really enjoyed the previous horror comedy release from PearFiction, and Blazing Piranhas follows in the same vein. In fact, we think this genre is a bit of an untapped vein in the industry, and we hope PearFiction keeps churning out new installments. The same can be said about the piranhas theme, and it’s good fun seeing these mean little creatures leave nothing but bones behind after a piranha wild feeding frenzy. Horror comedies were a big thing in the 80s, so older players may also appreciate the nostalgia.

It cannot be denied that Blazing Piranhas is pretty similar to the predecessor release mentioned above, but it’s far from a simple reskin job. The base game piranha wild feature is different, and the same goes for the free spins round. The LockNWin and Jackpot LockNWin features are more or less the same though, and we expect this to continue in future installments as well. You can still win up to a solid 5,000x your stake, and we have a feeling that persistence will pay off if PearFiction is able to keep this humorous series at the same level for each new installment.