HIP HOP PANDA QUICK START GUIDE
Hip Hop is a music culture that was first created by Caribbean Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans in the Bronx area of New York City. It is often contested if hip hop was first started in the South or West Bronx areas. Anyways, it has managed to spread to all corners of the world including into Asia. Nowadays, the genre is as popular in the East as it is in the West. As a way of appreciating musical talents in Asia who are into hip hop, PG Soft have released the 3-reel Hip Hop Panda slot game.
The Hip Hop Panda slot by PG Soft was first released for online casino players on 5th January 2019, it has a RTP of 95.75 %, a 3 x 3 reel format, 30 ways to win and a medium variance level.
SLOT LAYOUT
The game’s exquisite background graphics depict a concert stage that’s beautifully illuminated by some huge floodlights. A solid black colour covers the entire reel section nicely so it looks the part.
REEL SYMBOLS
The symbols that players will encounter when spinning the three reels of Hip Hop Panda online slot machine include the icons written WILD, the icon written +3 FREE SPINS, the bomb symbol, the lucky sevens icon, the bell icon, the bowl of spaghetti icon, a blue sack, a melon, apples, and traditional poker symbols. The symbols all have a neon style colour theme.
BASE GAME SYMBOLS AND PAYS
- The lucky sevens icon: The highest paying symbol is the lucky sevens icon which fetches 30 coins when the player matches three of these.
- The bell icon: The second highest paying symbol is the bell icon. For matching three of these the player wins 20 coins.
- The bowl of spaghetti icon: The third highest paying symbol is the bowl of spaghetti icon. When the player matches three of these he wins 15 coins.
- The blue sack: The fourth highest paying symbol is the blue sack. For matching three of these the player wins 10 coins.
- A melon: The melon icon carries the game’s fifth-highest payouts. Matching three of these will see the player win 8 coins.
- Apples: The apples carry the game’s sixth-highest payouts fetching 5 coins when the player lands three of these.
- Traditional Poker Symbols: The lowest paying symbols are the traditional poker symbols. Matching three of the same kind will see the player win up to 3 coins.
BONUS GAMES AND FEATURES
- Wild: The icon written WILD acts as the wild symbol.
- Scatter: The icon written +3 FREE SPINS acts as the scatter symbol.
- Bonus Symbol: The bomb symbol acts as the bonus symbol.
- Bonus Multiplier Reel: At the top of the reels is a panel that’s referred to as the Multiplier Reel. This reel at the start of every main game spin will contain five randomly selected symbols bar the special icons. Whenever the player lands a winning combination of the symbols that are contained in the Multiplier Reel, the multipliers of those symbols will be activated and those winning combinations will be multiplied by their corresponding multiplier value. Afterwards, the activated multipliers will be removed from the panel and they will be replaced by cascading symbols from left to right. All multipliers in the panel will reset at the start of every main game spin. The highest multiplier that can pop up in the panel is a 30x multiplier.
- Bomb Feature: Whenever the player lands the bomb icon and there is no win line in sight, the bomb icon will explode and in its wake destroy all surrounding symbols bar the special symbols. Afterwards, new symbols will cascade into the vacant positions and new win lines are evaluated.
- Free Spins Feature: Each scatter symbol that lands on the reels will award the player 3 free spins. The multipliers in the Multiplier Reel will reset to a 5x multiplier at the start of the feature. During this feature, the highest multiplier that can pop up on the reels is a 50x multiplier. Landing the scatter symbol during the feature will see the player trigger three additional free spins.
SUMMARY
Coming with a classic feel thanks to the 3-reel design, Hip Hop Panda is a great online slot machine to play for players who love music themed games.
Though it does have a classic feel to it, players ought to know that Hip Hop Panda is by no means a traditional slot machine as it does come with elements of modern video slots such as special symbols such as wild, scatter and bonus symbols, as well as the presence of numerous bonus rounds plus cool audio. With this in mind, we give the game an 8.8 point rating out of 10 points score in our review.