Big Fish Slots

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Released on February 25, 2008, Big Fish Slots is the latest addition to the Big Fish Games Community. It is a multiplayer slots game with team bonuses, minigames, and even trivia. There are three rounds, and each is played a little differently. With a little practice and our game tips, you’ll be scoring in the top ten in no time!

Round One – Go Fish

While you’re popping bubbles, take a close look at the left and top edges of the bubbles that remain. If you look closely at the left edge of the highlighted bubble in the screenshot below, you’ll notice that the starfish pokes out from the left side. The eel pokes out at the top of the bubble, and the seahorse pokes out from the left side as well.

When you release the yellow blowfish, initially set him on a bubble near the middle of the game board. He’ll deflate and pop bubbles on his way off the screen. This will maximize the bubbles he pops before he deflates completely. Since you’ll get 250 tokens for finding all four (and a new set of bubbles and fish to find), it makes sense to focus on finding fish as efficiently as possible. Memorize the four fish you’ll need to find (school, starfish, seahorse, and eel) so that if you’ve only got a certain type left, you can strategize your pops, multipops, and blowfish to find it. For example, if you only have an eel left to find, you only need to remove one bubble out of every three horizontal bubbles in a row to find a part of his body.

Round Two – Fishfood

In this round, you’ll want to try to get chains. If you can remove a set of three or more of a specific type of fish so that it sets off a chain reaction of other types of fish falling into place and matching up with other like fish. Tokens add up quickly if you can get a long chain reaction.

Round Three – Fishinko

Watch the launch lane — you can launch a pearl (or pearls) as soon as it is loaded. It’s easy to get caught up in watching pearls fall, but you need to stay on top of the launch lane, because time runs out quickly (especially if you get five launches in your spin).

The golden pearls seem to be ‘heavier’ than the regular, single ones. You will have to launch them harder to make it to the farthest oysters.

The multi-pearls seem to be ‘lighter’ than the regular, single ones. If you launch them too hard, you’ll lose all of them along the left side of the tank (and that’s no good)!

If a peg is constantly bouncing pearls away from a specific oyster, focus on hitting the objects in the tank (the crab, the squid, the pegleg, the hook, the skull) until you get a pair of pliers in a spin. Then, remove that pesky peg!

Should I take the Chance?

It’s up to you! If you enjoy the team aspect, everyone in the room will be thrilled at a few extra tokens if you win the team bonus. However, be aware that you may lose tokens (and if you have received more than one ? in your spin, the number of tokens you lose will be multiplied). The chance of getting at least 200 tokens is higher than the chance of losing tokens, so we always choose the Chance. If you need help answering the trivia questions, we’ve compiled a list here.

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