Jaguar Princess Slots

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High 5 Games released the Jaguar Princess slots game in 2011,
which may surprise fans of pop singer Katy Perry, who bears a
striking resemblance to the dark-haired jungle queen.
Perry’s music video, “Roar”, was released in September 2013 and
it includes homages to several movies and characters. But
you could make a case for a comparison to Tanya Roberts, too.

High 5 Games compared Jaguar Princess to two previous video
games, Cats and Golden Goddess, so it also includes some
homages. But all the jungle girls can be traced back to
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, who first appeared in comic books
in 1935 and inspired two television series and a movie.
And Sheena can be traced back to Tarzan and Jane.

Jaguar Princess mixes several big cats together so you’re not
entirely sure of where she is supposed to be from. Jaguars
are from the Americas but people sometimes confuse them with
cheetahs and leopards, which are from Africa and Asia.
Jungle girls usually wear spotted clothing but we only see the
Jaguar Princess’ head, including her golden cat-like eyes.

The game features super stacks and a free spins bonus game.
The game also integrates some short animation into its effects.

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Gameplay Features and Mechanics

Jaguar Princess is a 6-reel, 4-row video slot game set in an
imaginary jungle world. The game uses 50 pay lines, pays
left to right, and features 10 symbols plus a Wild and a Bonus
game symbol. You can only win 1 prize per pay line and
only the highest value prize is awarded, but you can still win
50 different ways on a single spin (not including the Bonus
game).

After the Wild the Jungle Princess is the highest value
symbol and it is the only symbol that awards a prize for only 2
consecutive tiles on a pay line.

Super Stacks Explained

Super stacks are long scrolls of the same tiles on reels.
You might see 10-15 of the same symbol scroll down the reel
after you click Spin. The player hopes to see the same
symbol on all positions on all reels, which is a rare
occurrence. Super stacks make it possible to win a lot of
prizes on a single spin although the prizes tend to pay
relatively little. On a 6-reel game you need at least
4-of-a-kind before you start to see large prizes on the pay
lines.

The Wild symbol is the game’s logo and it pays the best
prizes. You only need 2 adjacent Wild symbols to win 5
times your bet per line. The Jaguar Princess comes in
close behind with 4 times your bet per line for 2 adjacent
symbols. But the Wild symbol prizes increase at a much
faster pace (5, 20, 125, 250, and 500) than the Jaguar Princess
(4, 10, 20, 50, 100).

The Wild symbol substitutes for every other symbol except the
Bonus game symbol, a group of spears. You need to have at
least 12 of these symbols on the screen when the spinning reels
stop in order to trigger the bonus game. These symbols only
appear on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. The number of free spins
you win is determined by how many symbols you won.

The three cat symbols are middle value symbols. They
pay 8, 15, 30, and 60 times your bet per line for winning
combinations of 3, 4, 5, and 6 respectively.

There is a second tier of middle value symbols that pay 4,
10, 20, and 30 times your bet per line for 3, 4, 5, and 6 tile
combinations respectively. These symbols are the Necklace,
Golden arm band, and Emerald ring.

The low value symbols are the A, K, and Q and they all pay a
max of 20 times your bet per line.

When you win a large prize the game celebrates with an
explosion of gold coins, golden arm bands, and emerald rings.
You have to look closely to spot the rings because the gemstones
are mounted on gold rings, but it’s a nice touch to the special
effect that makes the game a little unique among slot games.

Game Controls

Game controls are laid out across the bottom of the screen.
From left to right you have two special widget windows and on
the right are several additional controls.

The first widget window contains the controls that determine
how much you bet. The active pay Lines indicator is
controlled by up and down arrows. You scroll through
options (1, 10, 20, 30, and 50 active pay lines) with the
arrows.

The bet Per Line indicator is controlled by up and down
arrows, too. You can scroll through the following values.

  • $0.01
  • $0.05
  • $0.10
  • $0.25
  • $1.00
  • $2.00
  • $5.00
  • $10.00

In a land-based casino the first thing you should do when
sitting down at this game is check the betting controls to see
what the last player left them at. You don’t want your
first bet to be 500 credits.

The second widget window shows you how many credits were
awarded on your last spin and how many available credits you
have to play with. There are no controls for this window.

To the right you’ll see three buttons stacked together:
Replay, Question mark, and Sound indicator. The Replay
button is one of High 5 Games’ special features. You can
replay the last spin endlessly, which may give you a chance to
see the animated videos over and over so you can pick out the
details.

The Question mark brings up the pay table help system.
There are 17 screens and most players will never scroll through
them on first pass. If you scroll to the left when you
first enter the help system you’ll get to the rule descriptions
sooner. If you scroll to the right you’ll get to the
symbol descriptions sooner.

The last two controls are Auto Play and Spin. The Auto
Play button allows you to select from 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25
spins. You pay for each spin but you don’t have to click
on the Spin button through those turns. You can stop the
Auto Play at any time, and the Spin button counts down the
remaining auto spins for you.

Please Note

The Spin button doubles as a Stop button once
the reels have begun scrolling. The game help system
states that clicking on Stop does not alter the outcome of the
game. It’s just a feature to allow you to save time
in-between spins by cutting short the animation.

Triggering the Bonus Round

12 Bonus symbol gives you 12 free games, but 16 Bonus symbols
give you 16 free games. It’s easy to see how many
free games you get for 13, 14, and 15 Bonus symbols.

If your spin produces 12 adjacent Jaguar Princess tiles on 3
reels they will be briefly replaced by a stunning large portrait
of the lovely lady and you’ll see her golden cat eyes more
clearly. Each of the cats also has a brief animation
triggered by a 12-tile/3-reel prize.

The free spins Bonus game has its own set of symbols,
essentially recolored and mirrored equivalent of the regular
game symbols.

The game also has a soundtrack that is quite interesting.
You hear a mix of animal sounds, chants, and occasionally a
woman humming or singing in a strange language. It’s quite
enchanting and makes the bonus game more entertaining.

You cannot win another Bonus game while you are playing a
Bonus game. The spear symbols are not part of the
configuration.

Conclusion

There are slots players who just absolutely love these
stacked symbol games. It does give one a slight thrill to
see 15-20 tiles pay a big prize but the really big prizes are
rare. You wish for the ability to honestly interrupt the
game when the screen fills up with all of 1 tile. That
kind of a random tease is simply due to the nature of super
stacks. And it is frustrating when reel 2 lines up with an
odd-man-out symbol while the other 5 reels all have the same cat
or the girl.

On the brighter side, the game has nice music and the special
effects are good.

Even when you don’t trigger one of the large animations the
cats and the girl all flare slightly when you win prizes with
their symbols.

The tiles are colorful and create a vibrant contrast that
keeps you from becoming mesmerized. The artwork on the
important symbols is really good and you cannot help but wonder
if something like that wasn’t mentioned in a story somewhere.
Each player will have their own favorite cat, all three of which
are mysterious and intriguing. Kudos to High 5 Games for
stepping away from the cartoon character meme and giving these
tiles a book-cover feel and quality. You almost want to
stop playing the slots and pick up an old copy of a Sheena comic
book, but not quite.