The Rio Carnival every Lent in Brazil is the world’s biggest festival, a five-day parade of floats and outrageous costumes, dancers and revellers. Over 2 million people take part in the event which started way back in the 1700s. The colors, sites and sounds make it the perfect theme for a slot. Indeed, it’s already been used before by Thunderkick in their Carnival Queen game, and in Everi Gaming’s Carnival in Rio.

In this instance, Yggdrasil have used the theme as a backdrop to their first ever cluster pays format, also adding exploding bomb symbols at random to create unexpected win sequences. There is plenty to enjoy in the bonus round as well where the free spins come with a progressive multiplier.

As you would expect the graphics and animations in Brazil Bomba are first class – the action takes place on a float with a dancer positioned to the left of the game, decked out in colorful costume and headgear with the beach and ocean in the background.

The reel set is 6×8, typical for cluster pays games, and the object here is to land clusters of six or more matching symbols.  Low value symbols are represented by diamonds of different colors, and premiums are the colored drums. Clusters occur where symbols are touching vertically, horizontally or diagonally, and it is possible to fill the entire grid with one symbol. In the case of the red samba drum that would bring you a payout of 1,000x. 

Watch out as well for the bomb symbol that explodes and causes adjacent symbols to be removed, and the scatter, required to set off the free spins round.

Whilst Brazil Bomba is a high variance slot, with a decent 96.3% RTP, it is not the same super high volatility of other games on the market right now – so super high-risk fans might be a little underwhelmed, though in all this is still a fun game with a decent potential at a little under 10,000x.

Cascading Wins

Cascading wins are a ubiquitous feature of online slots in 2020 – they’ve gone from novelty status years ago in NetEnt’s Gonzo’s Quest to appearing in Megaways™ slots like the new Piggy Riches and copy-cat game on the market. They are of course an essential part of any cluster pays slot, and we know the drill by now – any winning combination causes winning symbols to be removed and replaced with new ones until the win sequence ends.

Bomb Symbols

These land and explode, removing up to 16 symbols (bar scatters and other bombs) to create more wins. Only one bomb can explode per spin and they crop up at random in both the base and bonus games.

Multipliers

After the first cascade in a sequence, or bomb explosion, a multiplier is activated. Thereafter, each further bomb or cascade increases the win multiplier by 1x. This continues until the sequence ends and the multiplier resets.

Free Spins and Further Multipliers

Land 3 or more scatters to trigger the free spins round – 3 gets you 5, 4 gets you 10, 5 gets you 15, and 6 gets you 20 spins.

NOTE: during free spins the multiplier triggered by bombs and cascades never re-sets, so the potential for big wins here is much higher, particularly if you are lucky enough to play with 20 spins!

FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM BRAZIL BOMBA SLOT

So, ready to dive into some Brazil Bomba action? Before you start here are five important points to remember when playing this game:

1. Looking for big wins? Then you have to be crossing your fingers for the free spins round – look out for scatters because base game wins are infrequent – you need the benefit of the progressive multiplier and a big cache of free spins to succeed in this slot.
2. Cascades into Full Screen Fills – It is possible to completely fill the screen with one symbol. It’s rarely done in a slot but with cascades and bombs helping you out, it can be achieved to take a 1,000x from one spin.
3. The underlying maths in this game suggests it will pay fairly frequently despite the high(ish) variance. As well as a 96.3% RTP the hit rate is at 22.18%.
4. Choose a licensed casino to play at – we’ve picked the best on our casino sites page. Always play at one of these for fair and safe gaming.
5. Play Responsibly – Never spend more than you can afford and if you think you are spending too much then take a break. Playing slots like Brazil Bomba should be fun, not a habit.

Brazil Bomba is a decent enough addition to the catalogue of slots from Yggdrasil. It has impressive visuals and a cool set of features with the bombs adding unexpected events to the gameplay. In truth it really is all about the free spins round and getting the most out of those multipliers. Enjoy!