Nemo’s Voyage Pokie Machine
The Nemo’s Voyage video pokie by WMS Gaming is nothing to do with an orange clownfish who needs to be found, and everything to do with the adventures of Captain Nemo, from the classic novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. This Victorian sci-fi novel largely takes place on The Nautilus, a high-tech submarine that travels the globe, and this online casino pokie sets the action in and around the vessel as well. Climbing aboard, we see 5 reels where the symbols are in 4 rows, and running across them, there’s 40 paylines.
The attention to detail is outstanding, and sees beautifully drawn symbols appearing on the reels, which are made to look as if they are spinning in the water, complete with shoals of fish swimming by, while the pipes and valves that keep the Nautilus going surround them. Something that online casino games players will notice is the blue depth gauge to the right side of the game and the different bonus features that are marked along it, and these extras are guaranteed to be triggered during play.
Cautious players may want to try free Nemo’s Voyage video pokie games before making real wagers, and once ready, they can stake as little as 0.40 per spin, while high roller gamblers can raise their bets to as much as 200.00 a spin.
Playing Nemo’s Voyage
All of the symbols are related to the theme, and many, such as the giant squid attack, are taken directly from parts of the story. A review of the pay table reveals that symbols will need to land on at least 3 connected reels, across a payline running from the left side to form a winning combination, and that a harpoon is the least valuable symbol. Moving up value, we see a treasure map, sextant, hammerhead shark, sperm whale and one of those strange deep-sea fish with a light on its head.
The distinguished-looking Captain Nemo himself is up next, and then we see a deep-sea diver who is a super-sized symbol and will take up 4 positions on a reel, as will the squid who is seen attacking the submarine.
Turning up alongside these symbols, there are a number of bonus icons, each triggering a separate feature when they land in the right places.
Nemo’s Voyage
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Wild Bonus Features
A big blue wild symbol can substitute any of the standard ones to complete winning lines as well as being able to extend wins across further reels, although it isn’t worth any coins on its own. But the wild takes on special properties in this video pokie, triggered by the pressure gauge which moves a little submarine further down the depths of the ocean with each spin.
When it gets to line up with the Multiplier Wild section of the gauge, 2x and 3x multiplier symbols are added to the reels, boosting any wins that they create by this amount. Moving further down, players get Pressurised Wilds and any wilds that appear will turn symbols under them into further wild symbols if they can then complete a winning combination.
Diving deeper in, we see Clumped Wilds, which turns all the symbols surrounding a wild into additional wilds, equalling a clump of 9 if it’s anywhere away from the reel edges. At the bottom of the gauge, the Wild Reels will be triggered, turning reels 1, 2 and 3 completely wild with each spin, guaranteeing multiple wins with each. Once the bottom has been reached, the submarine begins to rise again, de-activating the special features along the way, although the Decrease Pressure symbol that can appear on the right-hand reel speeds the journey back up.
Free Spins
On top of all these wild features, there’s a free spins round that begins when the bonus symbol stops on reels 1, 3 and 5 at once. Eight spins are awarded, and during these, the giant squid can swim onto the reels, replacing random symbols with extra wilds that will remain in place for the rest of the bonus games.
The Verdict
This outstanding online casino pokie looks great and has some unique features. The guarantee that wild bonuses will come in to effect as the Nautilus descends down the pressure gauge is a fantastic addition and is sure to be adapted in some way for new pokies, while adding free spins with sticky wilds is yet another benefit of playing this game.
Players on very limited budgets may not want to make the 0.40 minimum stake, but that’s about the only issue we can find with Nemo’s Voyage.