All the action in Man vs Gator is around those 3 wild symbols, all of which nudge. The fun part is, they interact with one another to boost your multipliers. You have to follow what’s happening on the reels closely at all times but it’s easy once you’ve completed a few spins.
Man vs Gator Wilds With Multipliers AND Re-Spins
The Man vs Gator wild is 5 symbols high and carries TWO multiplier values – one for the gator at the bottom and one for the man at the top. When one lands and it is partially visible, it will nudge downwards until it is fully visible. At this point, ONE of the multipliers is chosen to be the active one and applies to any win that passes through the Man vs Gator wild.
NOTE: If the top multiplier is chosen, this shows that the man is the victor. If the bottom multiplier is chosen, that indicates that the gator is the victor. This is important when other wilds are in play. More on this in the next section.
But that’s not all. The Man vs Gator Wild also triggers a re-spin when it lands, during which it is sticky, so you have more chances to trigger wins.
A 6x Man vs Gator Wild on Reel 6 in testingMan Up and Gator Down Nudging Wilds
The ingenious part of this slot is how these 2 wilds interact with any Man vs Gator wilds that are visible on the screen at the same time.
Both are 2 row-high symbols.
When the Man Up wild lands, it will nudge up one row at a time, granting re-spins as it does. And each time it nudges it increases the multiplier on any Man vs Gator wild currently in view where the man is the victor.
A Man Up Wild on Reel 2 and Man vs Gator fighting on reel 6Equally, when a Gator Down wild lands, it nudges down, one row at a time, granting re-spins as it does. In this case each nudge increases the multiplier on Man vs Gator wilds where the gator is the victor.
Sounds complicated? It’s not really. What’s exciting about the configuration here is that when you land a Man Up on one of the bottom rows, or a Gator Down on one of the top rows, that may give you as many as four re-spins. And … during those re-spins you may land more Gator Downs of Man Ups to extend your re-spins further. That happened to me a few times in testing, and whilst it didn’t always bring up a win, it certainly felt like getting your money’s worth.
Free Spins Round Where ALL Man vs Gator Wilds Are Sticky THROUGHOUT
The free spins round is triggered by landing 3 more of the BONUS symbols. This feature plays the same as the base game but now all Man vs Gator wilds are sticky from one spin to the next.
A 60x win during free spins in Man vs GatorAlso, triggering the round with more BONUS symbols kick starts the round with more Man vs Gator wilds as follows:
- 3 BONUS Symbols: 5 free spins
- 4 BONUS Symbols: 5 free spins PLUS a Man vs Gator symbol on the first spin
- 5 BONUS Symbols: 5 free spins PLUS a TWO Man vs Gator symbols on the first spin
The round can be extended by landing 3 or more BONUS symbols again to get you another 5 spins and a Man vs Gator on the next spin (for 4 BONUS), or 2 Man vs Gator symbols on the next spin (for 5 BONUS).
Looking at that configuration it’s not hard to see how this game can really pop on occasion if you lined up a few sticky Man vs Gator wilds with decent multipliers and just kept triggering more spins.
IMPORTANT: Game State Is Saved When Entering Free Spins From A Re-Spin
One of the best parts about Man vs Gator is that if you trigger the free spins from a re-spin, the game state is saved, so when the free spins end, you go back to the reel configuration that was live when you triggered. That can happen multiple times if you’re very lucky, creating a few minutes worth of re-spins and free spins action, all from one single base game spin!
