Monkey King

Item: Monkey King
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Author: CasinoSlots

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1	Reels	5
2.	Paylines	243
3.	Progressive	No
4.	Maximum coins	N/A
5.	Jackpot
6.	Maximum jackpot in coins
7.	Multiplier	No

8.	Scatter symbol	No
9.	Free Spins	No
10.	Betting range	N/A
11.	Coin Bet Range	N/A
12.	Coins per line
13.	Bonus Game	No
14.	Wild symbol	No

Graphical style has always been an important part of the online slot industry, but as time has went on, its become more and more critical. A lot of this is due to the fact that hardware and connection speeds have gotten faster and more reliable, so now it makes more sense for software developers to make games that are extremely visually appealing. This is the case with the Monkey King slot by Yggdrasil because it has exceptionally nice graphics and a fun theme that is a bit outside of the norm of what players expect. This is definitely a game that will appeal to video slot fans of all types.

Game Format

Five reels, three rows and 243 ways to win may not seem like much to get excited about. After all, it is one of the two or three most popular formats for video slots of all time. However, the features used in this game will give players plenty to look forward to, and with a wide range of flexible bet sizes, you'll be able to enjoy the game at the exact stakes you prefer as well. This game also pays in both directions. Bet sizes are based on how large of a coin you want to play with, and that starts at the $0.01 level. The largest coins are worth $5, so the overall betting range is $0.25 to $125 per spin. It's plain to see that all players will have a bet size that appeals to them in this game.

Wild Features

Much of the gameplay of Monkey King is based on wild features. During the base game, you can get sticky wilds on the second and fourth reel. When you get one of these, it will stay in place until the next spin. If you win on that spin, it will stay in place until you have a spin where you don't hit a winning combination. This means that it could stay on for several spins in a row, which is obviously to your advantage.

Another related symbol is the countdown wilds. They only appear on the middle reel, and they stay in place for three additional spins after the original one where they show up. A counter will appear on the wild to remind you of exactly how many spins you have left until it disappears. When these two types of wild symbols combine, you can end up with a lot of extra winning combinations that you would have otherwise missed out on.

A related feature is the monkey king feature. Occasionally, the monkey king will jump onto the reels and change a symbol in a way that will help you to get extra payouts. This is similar to a wild symbol, so we're grouping it here with the other features from regular gameplay.

Free Spins Feature

Three or more of the free spin symbol gives you a set of free turns. If you get four, you get a bonus of 1,000x coins, and if you get five, you get a bonus of 5,000 coins. You get to choose between three different free spin rounds. You can get six free spins with incremental wilds, eight free spins with stacked wilds or 10 free spins with a starting wild in the center of the reels. Each of these have their own pros and cons with a different level of variance, but none of them have a clear advantage over the others in terms of average payout rate.

Top Regular Wins

During regular gameplay, five of the brown cup earns 250x, and five of the blue cauldron will get you 200x. Five purple scrolls are worth a 150x win, and five of the orange bird-like symbol gives players a payout worth 125x. A 100x prize is good for five of the blue and purple potion, and the green crown gives players 80x.

The lower symbols include the four suits from a deck of cards. Five of the red heart or purple spade symbols get you 50x, and five of the green club or blue diamond pay 40x. These are decent wins for the lowest-paying symbols in the game, and that makes the wild features even more valuable.

Our Thoughts

Monkey King definitely brings it graphically in a way that Yggdrasil is known to do, and it is completely jam-packed with cool features that really make a difference during your gameplay. The fact that it's an all-ways format game that pays both left-to-right and right-to-left drastically increases the hit-rate of this game as well, which drives the volatility down and makes the game more fun to play. With that having been said, there's still a sizable 5,000x jackpot for five of the free spins symbol, and that's on top of your winnings from the free spins themselves.