MonkeyPop PopWins

Enter a tranquil scene of eastern folklore and join the mischievous water monkeys on the video slot from Avatar UX, powered by Yggdrasil Gaming. MonkeyPop PopWins delivers dynamic expanding reels of up to 33,614 ways of both ways pays, with wild substitutions and low-paying symbol removals, plus a win multiplier with a mini free spins game. Play your way into a free spins bonus with a randomly chosen feature set of multiplier increments, extra spins, an increasing win multiplier, plus symbol upgrades for wins of up to 5,787 times your bet.

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Slot Details

MonkeyPop Popwins is a both ways pays video slot with 5 reels, 3 rows and 486 ways to win. The reels can expand up to 6 rows in the base game and 7 during free spins, courtesy of the PopWins mechanic, leading to 15,552 ways in the base game and 33,614 ways during free spins. Match three or more symbols on adjacent reels for a win from the outermost reels inwards. You can splash about with the monkeys from 0.20 to 100 credits per spin. This game has a super high volatility rating, a hit frequency of roughly 1 in 5 and a 96.50% RTP.

MonkeyPop has been eloquently drawn in the style of a Chinese watercolour and uses the basic elements, known as shan shui (mountain water), that make up a traditional landscape painting of mountains and rivers. The grey low-paying symbols highlight the bolder coloured monkey characters frolicking in the lake. Stories of the mischievous water monkey (shui gui) have been told to generations of Chinese children to keep them from playing in the water. The overall design is typically AvatarUX and as surreal as the folklore. Tranquil bamboo flute and bell music provides the main audio.

The pay symbols start at the low end with 10, J, Q, K and A, awarding 0.5x or 0.6x your bet for five of a kind. There are symbols of six different monkey characters that follow, which will pay from 1x to 2.5x your bet for matching five across the reels.

Wild symbols are self-titled in gold and will substitute for all others except the bonus scatters in red, which trigger the free spins bonus for landing three or more anywhere in view.

MonkeyPop PopWins Slot Features

On to the tenth exciting title in the PopWins series for AvatarUX, who seem to explore new game mechanic avenues with each release. Since the birth of the series with PopRocks, we have seen a larger format with PiggyPop, cash prize upgrades on LolliPop PopWins, and something unique with each game. But, before we dive into the features of MonkeyPop, let’s have a quick recap of the workings of the PopWins mechanic.

The PopWins game engine with its dynamic reel mechanic is at the core of each spin, which starts with the default 5×3 reel set with 486 ways to pay both ways. To hit a winning combination, you will need to land a minimum of three matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from the left and/or the right. Note that five of a kind wins pay one way only.

All symbols in the combo will pop and disappear, to be replaced by two new symbols in each vacated position, thus doubling the winning positions and increasing the number of win ways. The process continues as long as new winning combos form, gradually raising the grid to its maximum 5×6 format with 15,552 ways in the base game and a 5×7 format with 33,614 ways during the free spins bonus. The grid will reset to the default 5×3 format at the end of a spin sequence in the base game.

Should you unlock all reels to the maximum height of six positions during the base game, the Reel Unlock Spins are triggered at the end of the winning spin sequence. A random number of low paying symbols are removed from the reels and the game awards two free spins and a win multiplier of x1, x2 or x3. From one to five symbol types can be removed for the feature of 10, J, Q, K and A. After the first free spin, the win multiplier increases by an x1 increment for the second.

Land three or more bonus symbols to trigger the MonkeyPop Free Spins. The bonus begins with a Reward Reel, which randomly determines the starting criteria of the round with four rewards. Land four or five bonus scatters for higher chances of greater rewards:

• Starting Free Spins: Rewards a starting number of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 free spins.
• Starting Ways: Determines the starting layout of 3 rows with 486 ways, 4 rows with 2048 ways, or 5 rows with 6250 ways.
• Starting Multiplier: Awards a win mutliplier of x1, x2, x3, x4 or x5.
• Starting Multiplier Growth: Determines the win multiplier growth of plus x1, x2, x3, x4 or x5.

Once the starting values have been determined for the free spins game, the bonus begins. During the round, unlocked reel positions by the PopWins mechanic do not reset between spins, and the reel height achieved is maintained until the feature ends. The chosen win multiplier increases by the value determined from the Reward Reel with each PopWin sequence and doesn’t reset between spins, keeping its value until the end of the bonus.

A high-paying monkey symbol will be chosen for a scatter collect upgrade feature at the start of the bonus. Each bonus scatter that lands will be collected next to the chosen monkey symbol, and once three scatters have been attained, the symbol will be upgraded to carry an x5 multiplier. Another monkey then replaces the selected monkey symbol for another collection. Monkey symbols can be upgraded firstly to x5 and then to x10.

But that’s not all, unlock all reels to the maximum height of seven symbols to win two extra free spins and remove from one to five low paying symbol types of 10, J, Q, K or A, for the remaining free spins.

Where available, MonkeyPop PopWins comes with a Bonus Buy Feature for direct access to the MonkeyPop Free Spins. There are three options to choose from:

• Buy Bonus: For 100x your bet, you can buy a entry to the standard Reward Reel.
• Buy Bonus Plus: Pay 250x your stake for an improved version of the Reward Reel with up to 9 spins and higher multiplier increments
• Buy Bonus Max: For 400x your bet, you can the max version of the Reward Reel with up to 10 spins and multiplier increments of up to x5

Final Verdict

Being slightly biased towards AvatarUX and the PopWins mechanic, I may not be an ideal candidate for an impartial game review due to the amount of fun I have personally had from their games. Still, with that in mind, and my critical-thinking head on, the one downside for some players might be the watered-down potential of a 5,787x stake maximum win, mainly as the free spins bonus seems capable of delivering much more. However, in my years of playing slots, I have reached such lofty heights on a single occasion, meaning anything over and above this value, in my humble opinion, is largely a pipe dream for the average player.

The PopWins mechanic creates lengthy and mesmerising win sequences with reels of increasing heights, and this time, with MonkeyPop, expanding them to their full potential triggers a mini free spins game with low-paying symbols removed and a gentle kick of an x1, x2 or x3 multiplier. The bonus game is diverse due to the range of rewards from the preliminary Reward Reel and capable of delivering something wildly different each time.

Dream hits will come from a combination of maximum reels for extra spins and low-paying symbol removal, accentuated by a healthy win multiplier and upgraded monkey symbols. Another hypnotising PopWins video slot to add to the increasingly popular series.

MonkeyPop PopWins – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Do five of a kind wins pay both ways on PopWins games from AvatarUX?

To date, none of the PopWins titles pay both ways for five of a kind wins.

2. What other games can I play like MonkeyPop PopWins from AvatarUX?

If you like the PopWins game mechanic, why not try one of the many other PopWins titles from AvatarUX listed here.

3. What is the maximum you can win on the MonkeyPop PopWins slot by AvatarUX?

The maximum you can win on MonkeyPop PopWins by AvatarUX is 5,787 times your stake.

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