The figure of the joker or jester has been a fixture of the slots scene for a long time. Jokerizer from Yggdrasil adds a new twist to this old idea. It makes use of some old style fruit machine symbols, but it never seems stale or boring. The mad-eyed joker that is the game’s main character certainly provides plenty of thrills.

In this Jokerizer slot review, we’ll take a closer look at this intriguing slot. You’ll see that what it lacks in complex bonus features it more than makes up for in excitement.

The Jokerizer slot machine is played on a grid of 5 reels and 3 rows, with 10 paylines. These 10 paylines are split into 2 groups of 5. One group runs right to left, and the other from left to right. The game was released in March, 2016, and is optimised for play on mobile devices, whether they use Android, iOS or Windows. Part of this optimisation includes an enhanced portrait mode.

This slot is available in 26 languages, including English, German and Spanish. There is an autoplay function that can be used for between 20 and 1000 automatic spins. The minimum bet you can place is 0.01 coins and the maximum is 20. The biggest win that you can take from the game is £12,000 or equivalent.

What is the Jokerizer Slot RTP?

The Jokerizer RTP actually varies between 88.80% and 98.00%. The RTP stays at 98% as long as the Jokerizer mode is activated in the game. If the Jokerizer mode is never activated, the RTP remains at 88.80%. We will take a closer look at how Jokerizer mode works in the bonus section of this review.

An RTP of 98.00% is pretty high for a slot of this type. In general, Yggdrasil slots tend to have an RTP that is lower than that. Legend of the Golden Monkey, for example, has an RTP of 96.00%, while Vikings Go Berzerk has a rate of 96.30%. The only other Yggdrasil slots with an RTP that reaches almost as high as Jokerizer are Wilhelm Tell and Niro Circus, both set at 97.00% RTP.

Of course, you should never base your slots strategy entirely around RTP. It is also useful to check the volatility of a game before you play it. You should also know that Jokerizer is a slot with high volatility, making it quite hard to predict what will happen when you play it. We certainly found the game to be thrillingly unpredictable when we tried it.

Jokerizer Slot Key Facts

• 5x3 grid
• 10 paylines
• No wild symbol
• RTP of 88.80% to 98.00%
• Available in 26 languages
• Optimised for mobile with enhanced portrait mode
• Minimum bet 0.01 coins
• Maximum bet 20 coins
• Released in March 2016
• High volatility

Anyone who has played traditional fruit machines will find that Jokerizer looks very familiar. The setting for the reels is a fairground. This looks deserted rather than lively, though it is hard to tell as the background is not that detailed. The symbols on the reels are the kind of things that you will have seen on dozens of other slots. There are 6 of them in total, and you will see lemons, cherries, grapes, bells, sevens and purple stars. There is only one other symbol you’ll see – the Joker scatter.

There is no wild symbol in the game at all. As for the scatter symbol, the Joker can only appear on the second, third and fourth reel and he will trigger the game’s only bonus feature. We’ll take a look at that feature in the next section of this Jokerizer slot review. The graphics are pretty detailed and glossy looking, without being anything particularly memorable. The music is bright and breezy, but could well irritate you after a few minutes of play. It is bouncy and fits with the clownish theme of a joker, with special tunes playing when you achieve wins.

Traditional Symbols Never Seemed So Cool

Everything looks very bright and glossy, despite the use of such traditional symbols, and there is nothing clunky or awkward about the way the game plays. The symbols move smoothly on the reels, and they are all nicely detailed too. This is a game where everything looks like it was designed with care and attention. Some nice animations add extra touches of interesting detail when you are lucky enough to collect wins.

So, although the game makes use of very traditional fruit machine symbols, it never looks stale or old. In fact, even though the bonus features are very simple, as you’ll see in the next section of this review, the game feels very contemporary and exciting. The way the animation works really creates an immersive and entertaining atmosphere that we thoroughly enjoyed when we gave the game a spin.

As we mentioned above, the Joker symbol is the one to look out for when it comes to bonus features in this slot. The Jokerizer bonus features are pretty basic, but can be very lucrative if you enjoy a bit of luck. There are no Jokerizer free spins for you to enjoy here – the features are all about line wins.

• Joker Mystery Win
  If 3 jokers spin in on the middle 3 reels during the base game, the Mystery Win feature is triggered. You are immediately awarded a prize of between 1000 and 6000 coins. If you get 3 in a row either horizontally or vertically then you are guaranteed to get a 6000 coin win.
• Jokerizer Mode
  This is the game’s main feature, and it is slightly unusual. It is triggered any time a win appears on the reels. When the win spins in, you can collect it or use the large joker button beneath the reels to trigger Jokerizer When in this mode, each bet will cost you 20 coins. This amount is deducted from the win that triggered the feature.
  The chances of winning are much higher in Jokerizer mode then they are in the base game. Only 2 joker symbols are required to collect a mystery win, for example. You are only taken back to the base game when your Jokerizer balance has reached zero, you have collected a mystery win of 1000 coins or more, or when you press the collect button. Mystery wins in this mode that come from 2 jokers always award between 20 and 6000 coins as a prize.

If you are using the autoplay feature, it is important to note that the Jokerizer mode starts automatically after each win. There is no option to collect your winnings instead.

When we first started playing this game we were a bit concerned about the lack of variety when it came to bonus features. After all, slots with a similar theme, such as Fruit Spins by Net Ent, or Chronos Joker from Play’n GO, come with free spins bonuses and more. But we have to say that we were pleasantly surprised by Jokerizer. Despite its relative simplicity, the game offers plenty of thrills with Jokerizer mode, and you can certainly enjoy some large wins. It also looks classy and very slick.

So, this Jokerizer slot review has to conclude on a positive note. We recommend that you give this game a spin.

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