Fairytale Legends Mirror Mirror: Overview

NetEnt appears to have either lost some of its shine, or its releases simply aren’t delivering like they once did—something that the shortage of big-win screenshots and videos across casino streaming circles seems to back up. And even with a storm of claims about “nerfed” slots, we haven’t seen any response from NetEnt on the topic. Whenever a new NetEnt game is announced, we catch ourselves thinking: this will be the one that wipes away the recent run of low-potential disappointments. Then you notice it’s yet another Fairytale title and, well… But NetEnt remains a heavyweight, and we’re not writing them off yet. Here’s what we know so far about their upcoming Fairytale online slot.

Fairytale Legends Mirror Mirror is the third installment in the Fairytales Legends series and uses 5 reels paired with 243 win ways. On paper, that already feels like an upgrade compared to the earlier, rather flat 10-line entries. The game runs on all devices with stakes from €0.10 to €100 and packs in 7 features, including re-spins, cash prizes, free spins, and pick-style bonuses.

The lower-paying symbols are the glittering A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9 card ranks. Higher-value icons include lanterns, green gems, queens, princess’s, and the Fairytale Legends logo—this last one paying the most, awarding you 15x for 5 on a payline.

Much like Quickspin’s Dwarves Gone Wild, there’s a mirror symbol that only shows up on reel 3. When it lands in view, the Mirror re-spin feature kicks in and reveals either the princess or queen symbol. During the re-spin, every instance of the selected symbol locks in place.

Fairytale Legends Mirror Mirror: Features

In the base game, there are 3 random features that can occur. They are:

• Fairy Magic Spin feature – for 1 spin, a group of 5 to 7 medium win symbols appears at random on the reels
• Fairy Surprise feature – a medium-value symbol is selected randomly. Every lower-value symbol then changes into that chosen symbol until a winning combination is formed.
• Fairy Mirror feature – the player receives the Mirror re-spin feature

The bonus portion is split into 3 separate games. It can be activated in two ways—either by landing 3 bonus symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 at the same time, or randomly when the bonus symbol lands on reels 1 and 3 on a losing spin.

Once the bonus activates, the player is given one of the following 3 bonus games:

• Mining Bonus – players mine 1 crystal out of 9 at a time to collect cash prizes
• Coin Win – players receive a cash prize of 15x
• Free Spins – the headline feature of the slot, awarding 10 free spins, with the Mirror re-spin feature triggering if one or more Mirror symbols lands during a spin.

Fairytale Legends Mirror Mirror: Verdict

As a 243 win ways game, it’s instantly more appealing than the earlier Fairytale releases. NetEnt doesn’t put out 243-ways slots that often, but they nailed the format with Jungle Spirit back in 2017. True to NetEnt’s Fairytale series, since these have typically been medium variance titles, the upside doesn’t look especially huge—though a full screen of the princess symbol could, in theory, deliver a 1822x win during the Fairy Mirror feature or the bonus.

There’s plenty happening in the base game, which keeps Mirror Mirror engaging, but it also suggests a lot of the return is spread across the different base features—potentially making the bonus less frequent. In our case, we went beyond 2200 spins waiting for the bonus, which is honestly wild. It did end up being a reasonable wagering slot since the balance didn’t fall too sharply, but even after several hours and thousands of spins, we still didn’t manage to hit a 100x win.