Bridesmaids Slots
Bridesmaids Slots is a 5-reel, 40-payline slot machine from IGT. The game is based on a popular 2011 film comedy about marriage, friendship, and rivalry. The film made nearly $300 million at the box office and made several members of the cast into noticeable stars. Now gamblers who enjoyed the movie can play a licensed slot based on the franchise.
The coin denominations on most IGT slots leave enough betting options for penny players and high rollers alike. This slot machines is now different. It offers wild symbols, scatter symbols, two free spin games, and five separate bonus games. Several of these games contain multipliers. Two spinning wheel games trigger the various bonus phases of the game.
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Game Overview
The main game on Bridesmaids slots has a big flat-top jackpot. The interactive side games are dynamic, so one bonus phase can lead to another, if the player makes the right decisions. The fixed jackpot is over 100 thousand coins. While some casino patrons won't like the lack of a progressive jackpot, it's a big prize for a flat-top machine.
This came can be found in brick-and-mortar casinos, online casinos, and mobile gaming sites which offer IGT slots. In land-based casinos, that means most casinos around the world. On the Internet, it means hundreds of websites.
Bridesmaids grossed well in the overseas market, but some non-Americans might be wondering about this licensed theme. Below is a short description of the film.
Bridesmaids: The Movie
"Bridesmaids" is a 2011 comedy about a social rivalry surrounding a friend's wedding. The maid of honor fights with a bridesmaid to see who the bride's best friend is. The film starred Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, and Melissa McCarthy. The movie's script was written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo. Annie Mumulo is a member of the improvisational comedy troupe, The Groundlings. Kristen Wiig is best known for her 8-season run on Saturday Night Live, but has appeared in movies like "Knocked Up", "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story", and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". She also lent her voice talents to "Despicable Me".
While the film's stars were the bride and her bridesmaids, it was an ensemble cast. Rebel Wilson, Chris O'Dowd, Michael Hitchcock, and Matt Lucas played key supporting roles. The late Academy Award and Emmy nominee Jill Clayburgh also had a key supporting role, in what would be her final movie.
Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend, and Barry Mendel were the movie's producers. While it received buzz before its release, the movie exceeded all expectations at the box office. "Bridesmaids" grossed $288 million in theaters worldwide. It surpassed "Knocked Up" to become the biggest-grossing Judd Apatow-produced film.
It also proved to be a critical success. "Bridesmaids" garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Melissa McCarthy. The film also received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. In doing so, it became the first Judd Apatow movie to receive an Oscar nomination. The comedy has a 90% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film was directed by Paul Feig, who has directed comedy films like "The Heat" and "Spy". Feig made his name on television, creating the critically acclaimed "Freaks and Geeks". He also has directed episodes of "Arrested Development", "The Office", "30 Rock", "Parks and Recreation", and "Mad Men". Paul Feig has done a bit of acting, playing Sabrina's science teacher on Season 1 of "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch".
Game Details
Here's some more detailed information about the Bridesmaids slots game.
Reel Symbols
The basic symbols on Bridesmaids Slots include an icon of the collected bridesmaids, cupcakes, a boutique, another cupcake, and a wheel. The reel symbols also include pictures of Lillian, Annie, Helen, Megan, Rita and Becca. The bridesmaid together is the wild symbol. The cupcakes are the scatter symbol.
Like on many games, playing cards act as reel symbols. I usually find this lazy of game designers. In this instance, having clubs, spades, hearts, and diamonds serve a purpose. When 3 or more of one suit appear on the reels at the same time, special bonuses are triggered. These are the smallest bonuses, though.
Betting increments range from $0.01 up to $1.50. With 40 paylines, a player can wager between 1 cent and $60 a coin, for a max bet of $300. The denominations can be changed with an up/down box at the bottom left of the screen.
Fixed Jackpot
The jackpot one this slot machine is fixed at 105,000 coins. That means you can win 105,000x the amount of your wager. It has no progressive jackpot. Those who play slots a lot realize the fixed jackpot games have better odds, though.
For that reason, Bridesmaids Slots tends to be a better playing option than many licensed slot machines. Even better, the fixed jackpot is a high one, so most players should find this an exciting gaming option.
The game provides plenty of action for gamblers, with a number of additional features, bonuses games and free spin options. We've outlined these below.
The bridesmaids' icon serves as the wild symbol on the game. It substitutes for any other symbol on the reels, except the scatter symbol. When it completes a winning combination, it provides a special bonus.
Collect five of any member of the wedding and you'll win the most coins. Five Lillian symbols equal 750 coins. If you get five Helen symbols or five Annie symbols, it's worth 450 coins. If you receive 5 Beccas, 5 Ritas, or 5 Megans, this is worth 400 coins.
The icon with several cupcakes on it is the scatter symbol. When three or more of the cupcake icons appear on the screen at the same time, it triggers the bonus games. All of the various games are unlocked by cupcakes, so this is a symbol to anticipate. A single cupcake is not a wild symbol.
The scattered cupcakes have two different advantages. They act as multipliers, with a max multiplier of 200x the initial bet. Also, the scattered cupcakes trigger the Wheel Bonus game.
The Wheel Bonus, in its turn, unlocks all the other bonus games on this slot machine. That includes two different free spin modes, and expanding wild feature, and a boutique bonus.
This is the popular spinning wheel concept that's found in so many IGT and Bally Technologies games these days (in slightly different forms). Spin the wheel to get a random advantage, whether it's a bonus games, multipliers, wild symbols, free spins, or extra coins. Below are some of the game you can unlock.
The Friendship Free Spin mode has stacked wilds. When a stacked wild appears on the screen, it remains on the screen. As the game progresses, you'll have more wilds appear on the screen, stacking up from the bottom of the screen. They drop out as you trigger winning combinations.
The Flying High Free Spin mode is even better. It has expanding wilds, which expand to fill up an entire reel. It also has a Rolling Wheel Multiplier. Spin the rolling wheel to see what the multiplier for this bonus game is. The combination of multipliers and more wild icons means you'll win more money on this bonus game.
In the Boutique Bonus Game, you'll be asked to match bridesmaids. If you match several of the same characters, you win a special prize. No skill is required for this matching game, so it is entirely luck-based.
The Cupcake Bonus feature offers multipliers for either 2x or 3x the game prize. This bonus also triggers extra prize-awarding pointers on the bonus wheel. This means you win multiple prizes with one spin.
The Magic Moment Bonus has a player pick their favorite moments from the Bridesmaids movie. Keeping picking to win more prizes. The game allows for up to 10 different favorite moments, which maxes out your prizes.
Mobile Bridesmaids Slots
IGT Interactive now has a mobile application for playing Bridesmaids on your Android smartphone, iPad tablet computer, or iPhone. IGT won a 2016 award as the best mobile casino software developers. BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile versions also exist.
In the online version, Bridesmaids Slots has a downloadable software version and an instant play option. To play without a download, IGT Interactive requires Flash Player. When the ultimate switch to HTML5 instant play software is completed in the mobile casino industry, expect IGT to be on the cutting edge of that revolution.
The Bridesmaids slot machine was quick to be licensed and placed in casinos, given the movie is only 5 years old. That's in keeping with film comedies like the Hangover. While I would expect older licenses like Dirty Dancing to be more popular with gamblers, this is a worthy license.
Players who enjoy lots of bonus games, free spins, and multipliers should love this game. All the features produces a sense that things are happening. It can be a little confusing for some, while it's exciting for others.
One thing I hate with video slots is the use of frequent small wins to give the sense a player is winning, when those payouts often don't match the initial bet. That happens sometimes on this game. If that frustrates you, I'd avoid Bridesmaids Slots. Everyone else but the progressive players should enjoy this game, because of the high jackpot, lot of bonus coins, and free spins.