Symbol collection during reel spin

A gaming system comprising:

• at least one input device;
• at least one display device;
• at least one processor;
• at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to:
• receive a wager to play the wagering game;
• display an array of symbol positions arranged in a plurality of columns;
• visually move at least a portion of a plurality of symbols with respect to the array of symbol positions, one or more of the plurality of the symbols being special symbols;
• and
• in response to one or more of the special symbols being visually moved, cause the visually moved special symbols to be visually collected in a symbol collection area adjacent to the array of symbol positions.

A gaming system comprising:

• at least one input device;
• at least one display device;
• at least one processor;
• at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to:
• receive a wager to play the wagering game;
• display a plurality of symbol-bearing reels, each of the symbol-bearing reels including a plurality of symbols, at least one of the symbols being a bonus symbol;
• cause the symbol-bearing reels to visually rotate such that at least a portion of the symbols are displayed during the visual rotation;
• in response to the bonus symbol being displayed during the visual rotation of at least one of the symbol-bearing reels, cause the bonus symbol to visually move from the rotating symbol-bearing reel towards at least one object;
• and
• interact the moving bonus symbol with the at least one object.

A community gaming system including a plurality of gaming terminals, the system comprising:

• at least one input device;
• at least one display device;
• at least one community display device;
• at least one processor;
• at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to:
• receive a wager to play a community wagering game on at least one of the gaming terminals;
• display a plurality of symbol-bearing reels, the symbol-bearing reels including a plurality of symbols, at least one of the symbols being a trigger symbol;
• display, on the at least one community display device, a community-bonus symbol for each of the plurality of gaming terminals;
• cause the symbol-bearing reels to visually rotate such that at least a portion of the symbols are displayed during the visual rotation;
• and
• in response to the trigger symbol being displayed during the visual rotation of at least one of the symbol-bearing reels, visually increment the community-bonus symbol on the at least one community display device corresponding to the gaming terminal displaying the trigger symbol during the visual rotation of the symbol-bearing reels.