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Aristocrat Gaming · Hold & Spin
Buffalo Link
On cruise ships
Reported on 2 ships across 2 cruise lines
1 report names only the cruise line.
Carnival · Virgin Voyages
How it plays. It grafts the Lightning Link/Dragon Link Hold & Spin onto Buffalo. The base game plays like classic Buffalo, with 2x and 3x multiplier wilds added on reel five. More on how it plays
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Where Buffalo Link has been reported
3 dated public reports from 2 named ships, grouped by ship: mostly player videos, plus articles and cruise line pages. Machines move during refits, so check on board.
Carnival Firenze
Carnival Cruise Line
Virgin Voyages
Ship not named in the source
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How Buffalo Link plays
How it plays
Landing enough buffalo cash symbols (reviews say eight) locks them in place and gives three respins; every new cash symbol resets the count, and the round pays the total of the values and jackpot labels showing. The traditional coin-triggered free games remain, with multiplying wilds. A must-hit-by mystery meter, fed by buffalo head symbols, guarantees either free games or Hold & Spin before it reaches its cap.
Features
- Hold & Spin on a 20-spot grid with four jackpot levels
- Mystery must-hit-by meter awarding free games or Hold & Spin
- Classic Buffalo free games with 2x/3x wilds
- Multiplier wilds on reel five in the base game
At a glance
- Maker
- Aristocrat Gaming
- Series
- Buffalo
- First released
- 2021
- Type
- Hold & Spin
- Mechanics
- Hold & Spin (20 positions), Mystery must-hit-by meter, Free games with 2x/3x wilds, Base-game multiplier wilds on reel 5, Single-site linked Grand
- Theme
- North American wildlife / prairie
- Layout
- 5x4, 1,024 ways base game; Hold & Spin uses 20 positions
- Cabinets
- MarsX Portrait
- Denominations
- Five denomination sets; review site lists about 1¢–10¢ on standard machines and up to $2 on high-limit versions
- Bets
- Review site reports bet levels of about $1–$50; varies by casino
- Volatility
- Medium (review rating)
- Jackpots
- Mini and Minor are fixed; Major is a standalone progressive; Grand is a single-site progressive linked across the bank and is won by filling all 20 positions.
- Payback
- Not published. On ships, the operator sets it and doesn't post it.
Tips from players and reviewers
- Look at the mystery must-hit-by meter before sitting down. It belongs to the denomination you pick (a review site reports a cap of about 1,800), and a reading near the cap means a guaranteed bonus is close. The bonus can still be small.
- Because the Grand is linked across the bank, compare Grand meters between banks and denominations.
- Higher denominations raise the fixed Mini/Minor and the cash values; the help screens show how values scale with bet.
Tips can't change the odds of any spin. They help you pick a bet level and a machine.
Industry standing and land-casino jackpots
It combined the two things US players knew best from Aristocrat, Buffalo and Hold & Spin, and was heavily promoted as a major 2021 launch; it is a staple of the Buffalo zones casinos have since opened.
Help the next passenger know whether Buffalo Link is still aboard your ship
Played it on a cruise? A quick report (ship and month) tells other players where to look before they sail.
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How reports are checked
- Only signed-in members with a confirmed email address can report.
- One report per member for each game, ship and month, from the line's fleet list.
- Up to 20 reports a day per member.
- A report without a note is published straight away. A report with a written note is held until an editor has read it.
- Editors can approve or reject held reports and remove any report. You can delete your own reports at any time.
- Published reports show the line, ship, month and note, never your name or email.
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