Wild Wild Bananas (Pragmatic Play) – Review & Demo Play

Wild Wild Bananas: Slot Overview

Wild Wild Bananas drops me on a sunlit beach with a 5-reel grid using a 3-3-4-4-4 setup and 576 ways to win. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels. The twist sits up front, as wilds appear only on reels 1 and 2 and drive both collecting and entry to the bonus. During free spins the right-hand reels can grow, taking the layout as high as 3-3-8-8-8, opening up extra positions for bananas and regular ways hits.

Wild Wild Bananas Slot Information

I set stakes between 0.25 and 120 per spin. There is an Ante Bet that adds 20% to the stake and raises the chance of triggering free spins, lifting the theoretical RTP from 96.10% to 96.15%. Operators may also run alternative RTP settings of 95.10% or 94.10%. The maths carries the same core regardless, so I always check the help page to see which model is active before I start.

Volatility is rated 4 out of 5, which suits the collect-driven play. The advertised max win is 12,000x the bet, a solid ceiling for this style. One analysis lists an overall hit rate around 1 in 4.3 spins, so it can feel streaky. I have played it comfortably on mobile and desktop, with snappy spins and clear symbol sets, which matters when you are lining up those two wilds across lots of base game cycles.

Symbols in Wild Wild Bananas

Low pays are the card suits diamonds, clubs, hearts, and spades. Five of a kind returns 0.4x to 0.8x the bet. High pays climb through a snake and a toucan to the monkey and the Mowgli-style kid, where five-of-a-kind prizes sit in the 1x to 4x range. Wins use a ways system from the leftmost reel. It is not about big line pays here, as the real punch comes from the collect mechanic and reel growth in the bonus.

Wild symbols substitute and land only on reels 1 and 2. The golden monkey acts as the bonus symbol on reel 3, while bananas are money symbols that drop on reels 3, 4, and 5. Banana values are drawn from a predefined set, and there are static jackpots labelled Mini, Major, and Mega worth 50x, 100x, and 500x respectively, with jackpot symbols appearing on the fifth reel only.

Wild Wild Bananas Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x3.2
	4	x1.6
	3	x0.8
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.4
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.32
	3	x0.16
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.32
	3	x0.16
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.08
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.08
	Collect
	Collect
	Scatter
	Wild

Wild Wild Bananas: Slot Features

The whole game pivots around landing wilds on the first two reels. With wilds locked in, bananas become collectable for instant prizes and jackpots, and matching them with a bonus symbol on reel 3 fires the free spins. That means every base spin has two simple targets, a wild on reel 1 and a wild on reel 2. When they show up together, the tempo jumps, and the collect and bonus routes both come into play.

Money Collect Feature in Wild Wild Bananas

Bananas hit on reels 3 to 5 with money awards of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 8x, 10x, 15x, or 25x the bet. The same banana positions can also carry the Mini, Major, or Mega jackpots valued at 50x, 100x, or 500x. Jackpot symbols appear on reel 5 only, which adds a proper spike when the far-right banana turns up with a label.

To collect, I need wilds on reels 1 and 2 and banana symbols connected from left to right. A banana on reel 3 activates its value and lets me extend the chain to reel 4 and then reel 5. If there is a gap, the chain breaks and later reels will not pay on that spin. This collect plays in both the base game and during free spins, so the mechanic is always relevant.

Free Spins in Wild Wild Bananas

Free spins trigger when wilds land on the first two reels together with the bonus symbol on reel 3. I get 10 free spins to start, and the reel strips are juiced with more wilds and more bananas. That makes the Money Collect fire more often, which is where I have seen the best rounds take shape.

A Golden Money symbol appears only in the bonus on reels 3 to 5. When it lands, the number of visible positions on that reel increases by one for the rest of the feature. Each of those reels can climb to a maximum of eight positions high, turning the layout into 3-3-8-8-8 and creating far more room for bananas and ways hits to stack up together.

If a Golden Money drops on a reel that has already reached eight positions, I am awarded a random retrigger of 5 to 10 extra free spins. Each reel can retrigger once, so the cap across reels 3, 4, and 5 is 30 extra spins. With the layout expanded, the game can reach up to 4,608 ways, and that is where the most striking sequences of collects tend to appear.

Wild Wild Bananas: Slot Verdict

This slot nails the wild-wild setup. Base play has a steady rhythm of building towards those two wilds, and when they land, the bananas and jackpots deliver crisp outcomes. The free spins feel like a proper step up, as Golden Money growth creates extra lanes and keeps the collect feature live. Five-of-a-kind pays are modest, but that is the trade for the 12,000x ceiling. I also like toggling the Ante Bet when I am bonus hunting, as the flow benefits from extra shots at the trigger.