Mighty Hot Wilds is an intriguing title by Inspired Gaming, the software manufacturer who has previously brought us the likes of 1st Down, Book of the Irish, Bear Money, Maximus Payus, and 20p Roulette. Although there's an element of the traditional about the Mighty Hot Wilds slot, there's also a highly innovative special feature called Hot Spins.
So, if you're looking for a game that offers the best of both worlds, look no further than Mighty Hot Wilds. The Mighty Hot Wilds slot uses a 5x3 reel set with ten fixed paylines, and in the base game, you get an RTP of 96.5% while in the Hot Spins feature, the RTP increases to 100.00%. The max win is a generous £250,000, and you can play it with stakes of 10p up to £100.
Our Verdict: We like how Inspired Gaming tricks you into thinking that Mighty Hot Wilds is a five-reel classic slot due to its use of fruit machine-style spins. Yet, it manages to surprise you when wilds start appearing to help create winning combos. And, if you unlock the Hot Spins feature, the Mighty Hot Wilds slot game really turns up the heat by giving you four sets of reels for four times the winning potential.
The game also provides a betting range that should suit the majority of players, with the minimum stake being just 10p.
Design: The game logo for Mighty Hot Wilds looks like the kind that you'd see on a fruit machine or classic slot. The name is written in giant orange lettering and is surrounded by fruit symbols and gold bells.
Mysterious blue flames lick the bottom of the playing area while red-hot embers float nearer the top of the screen.
On the left-hand side, there are up and down arrows that let you change the size of your bet, and on the opposite side of the screen, there's a button that you can use to spin the reels or hold down to turn on Auto-Play.
Old-school images of cherries, plums, grapes, lemons, bells, crowns, 7s, and melons form the paytable symbols, and you need to match three or more symbols across adjacent reels from left-to-right to achieve a winning combination.
Wild Symbol: The blue "WILD" acts as the wild symbol in the Mighty Hot Wilds slot, and it can replace all other symbols to create wins. Wilds are used in the Hot Spins feature as well as the base game.
Bonus Features: The Mighty Hot Wilds slot game offers one blockbuster of a bonus feature, and it's known as Hot Spins.
Hot Spins is initiated by any base game win of at least 4 times your bet.
The winnings meter shows you how many Hot Spins you can afford to take, and the meter gets below the minimum required amount, you get sent back to the base game.
Hot Spins use four sets of reels which all spin simultaneously, and every wild symbol that appears on a set of reels is copied across to the other reel sets.