In November 2018, Yggdrasil has released its very first branded game inspired by an action sports competition of the same name. The developer has managed to faithfully replicate the excitement delivered by Nitro Circus competitors, world-class daredevils doing all kinds of tricks and stunts with their FMX, BMX, skates and scooters. In Yggdrasil’s interpretation, we get to play with Nitro Bombs, perform Nitro Jumps and trigger Nitro Free Spins with multipliers, potentially winning up to 50,000 coins.
Yggdrasil is one of those developers that take time to lead us into the story with an intro video that’s not to be skipped. It will create the proper atmosphere before revealing a 5x4 game area with 25 paylines. The latter are fixed so one only needs to set coin value between €0.004 and €5 to wager a minimum of €0.10 and a maximum of €125 per spin. Competitors represent four high-value game symbols while crash helmets deliver low pays. Three or more identical ones have to land consecutively on the same payline starting with the leftmost position in order to pay, potentially assisted by the Wild symbol which subs for all regular icons.
There’s a whole range of settings players can adjust to make the experience as enjoyable as possible, including volume, sound effects and ambiance sound, spin speed (cleverly represented as a range going from turtle to hare), the way values are displayed and the option to use the Space tab to do the spinning. An alternative is to use Autoplay and have automatic spins interrupted when you win a specified minimum amount, increase or decrease cash by a certain value, or trigger one of the bonus rounds.
Scattered Nitro Bomb symbols pay in any position. Land two of them during the base game and they will activate Nitro Blast mini-game which can win you one of the collectible vehicles, free spins bonus round, or Nitro Wild which, upon returning to the main game, explodes to transform 3-9 symbols into Wild substitutes.Landing three or more Nitro Bombs triggers free spins which start with a multiplier of 2x. You’ll get 10 spins for 3 bombs, 20 for 4 bombs and 30 for 5 of them. The multiplier can be increased by launching Nitro Blast mini-game while spinning for free, and the same mini feature can also add 1, 2 or 3 spins to those already won.
Loading the reels with all five NITRO letters simultaneously launches the Nitro Jump bonus game. The player is given 3 warm-up jumps which are scored by judges and subsequently pay 5 to 300 coins each (depending on performed tricks). One can additionally collect cash prizes, speed boost for the final jump, final jump multiplier and collectible vehicles - rocking horses, reclining sofa chairs, mini cars and bath tubs.
If this feature is triggered by collecting NITRO letters, you’ll get to choose from vehicles that include FMX, BMX and Scooter, each with its own Tricks, Boost and Size which indicate the chance of higher coin rewards, higher multiplier in the final jump and higher chance of getting more items. The Nitro Jump bonus game can alternatively be activated by collecting 5 identical vehicles via Nitro mini-game and/or Nitro warm-up jumps.Having completed warm-up jumps, the player goes for the final Nitro Boost jump. At this point they can add manual speed boost which can result in a better landing multiplier or a crash and lossof same.
Yggdrasil’s Nitro Circus looks and sounds as exciting as watching the competition the game was inspired by. It’s a medium volatility slot with high RTP, beautifully executed in terms of visuals and sounds. Though it may not be highest paying title out there, Nitro Circus is packed with action that will get your adrenalin racing.
