Ocean Song Guide

Game Features & Mechanics

Ocean Song by Gimmie Games (an Aristocrat studio) is a 5×4 all-ways-pays (Super Reel Power) slot with 1024 ways to win. It is built around a persistent pearl collection mechanic that can unlock wild reels - very similar in spirit to Golden Egypt, but with some important differences.

The game offers multiple denominations with 5 bet levels each (often 15 bet options in total per machine). All bets give access to the progressives and to pearls and wilds.

• Pearl Collection (reels 2, 3 and 4 only): Whenever a pearl symbol lands on reel 2, 3 or 4, it is held above that reel. You need two pearls on a single reel for that reel to become eligible to go wild. Unlike Golden Egypt, reels 1 and 5 cannot collect pearls or turn wild - so a full-screen wild blackout is not possible.
• Triggering Wild Reels: As soon as two different reels (out of 2, 3 and 4) have two pearls each, those reels become fully wild for the next two paid spins. With the right timing all three middle reels can become wild at the same time, which is the best possible outcome on an all-ways-pays setup.
• After the Wild Spins: Once the two wild spins are played, the pearl holders on those reels are cleared and the collection starts again from zero.
• Free Spins Bonus: Landing the free spins symbol on reels 1, 3 and 5 awards 12 free spins. The bonus plays like the base game, but pearls land as double pearls, so wild reels are triggered much faster (you still need two columns filled). The bonus can be retriggered.
• Persistent Bonus Pearls: The pearls inside the free spins bonus are also persistent. If a bonus ends while wilds are still active, that state carries over into the next bonus on the same machine.
• Progressive Jackpots: Whenever a pearl appears, the progressive feature can trigger at random. When the wilds are active, on each of the two wild spins a pearl from each wild column flies into the clam, giving extra chances. In the bonus you pick from 15 pearls until 3 matching symbols award one of the five progressives.

Standard line hits in Ocean Song are relatively low because of the 1024-ways format - most of the value of the game comes from the two wild spins and the occasional progressive. That makes the persistent pearl state the central thing to look at when evaluating a machine.