Whispering Winds Slot Overview
Whispering Winds is a 5x3 video slot from Play'n GO with 25 paylines, a samurai theme, and two main bonus rounds. I found it pretty straightforward from the off, which can be a good thing for a relaxed session. The big hook is simple enough, 6 Gold Coins start Gold Respins, while 3 scatters unlock Mega Free Spins with a roaming 3x3 mega symbol.
Play stakes run from 0.05 to 100, the default RTP is 96.23%, and volatility sits in the middle. Fair enough if you want something not too wild on paper, though the max win is only 2000x, so I would not go in expecting anything massive. It also feels a bit like a recycled game under a different skin, and that does show.
Whispering Winds Slot Information
Symbols are split the usual way, low pays are J, Q, K and A, and the premiums are a blue mirror, red diamond, knife, and samurai. Five royals pay 2x the bet, while five premium symbols pay from 8x up to 20x. Wins land from left to right across the 25 paylines, so there is nothing tricky to learn here, mate.
Wilds substitute for the regular symbols and can also pay by themselves. If you land 3, 4, or 5 wilds, they pay 1x, 10x, or 20x the bet. The wild has the same value as the top warrior symbol on its own win, which is decent, and it gives the base game a bit of life when the bonus rounds are taking their time.
Symbol Payouts
Wild
Substitutes for all regular symbols except Scatter and Gold Coin, and pays on its own like the top premium symbol.
Whispering Winds Slot Features
6 Gold Coins trigger Gold Respins and give you 3 respins. The coins stay locked, only blanks and more Gold Coins can land, and every new coin resets the counter back to 3. Coin values range from 1x to 1000x the bet, and if you fill the whole grid you get the 1000x Golden Prize on top. It is easy to follow, though a bit bare-bones if you like fancy extras.
3 scatter symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 trigger 5 Mega Free Spins. At the start, the scatters merge into one 3x3 mega symbol, and during the feature a mega symbol lands in random positions on every free spin, counting as a block of 9 matching symbols. You can re-trigger 5 more spins at a time, up to 45 in total.
A proper little twist comes when Gold Respins lands during free spins. If a Mega Gold Coin appears, it breaks into 9 Gold Coins and carries straight into the respin feature. Once that round ends, the game returns to the free spin where it was triggered. That part is probably the most fun bit in the whole slot, to be honest.
Bonus Buy Options
Triggered by 6 Gold Coins and starts with 3 respins. Coins stay sticky, new coins reset spins to 3, and filling the whole grid awards an extra 1000x Golden Prize on top of visible coin values.
Triggered by 3 scatters and awards 5 free spins. A 3x3 mega symbol lands in random positions on each spin, the feature can re-trigger up to 45 spins, and a Mega Gold Coin can break into 9 Gold Coins to launch Gold Respins.
