Taco Brothers Derailed

Join the Taco Brothers once more and battle the evil Captain Diaz and his selfish thirst for gold and tacos on the video slot by Elk Studios. Taco Brothers Derailed steams ahead with a walking wild respin mechanic, walking multiplier wilds and wild transformations activated by the Taco Brothers march against Captain Diaz. Chase down the train for a bonus round of walking wild respins with wild transformation and walk resets with the help of Señorita, or strike gold in a super bonus, where the dynamic trio charge as one, with no Diaz in site for wins of up to 10,000x your stake.

Slot Details

Taco Brothers Derailed is a video slot with 6 reels, 4 rows and 466 connecting pay ways. Wins are awarded for matching touching symbols on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost. You join the noble trio from 0.20 to 100 credits per spin. This game has a 7/10 medium-high volatility rating, a hit frequency of roughly 1 in 4, and a 95% RTP.

The Taco Brothers home town of Santa Maria has evolved since our last visit. The year is 1892 and the Taco Brothers are chasing a train of gold stolen by Captain Diaz, along with the beautiful Señorita. If you know Elk Studios, you will know this game comes with cutting-edge design and artwork and is richly themed and engaging.

The pay symbols start at the low end with blue maracas, a train whistle, a ram’s skull, a lantern, and an open safe with gold bullion, awarding from 0.5x to 2x for matching six across the reels. The three brothers Pico (Green), Pepe (Blue), and Paso (Red) follow and will pay from 2x to 10x for landing six of a kind.

The bonus scatter is represented by the trio on a handcar that triggers the free spins for landing three or more on reels 2, 3, 4 or 5. A gold ‘W’ acts as the wild symbol that substitutes all others except the bonus scatter, other wilds, Captain Diaz and Señorita symbols. Wilds can also appear as walking multiplier wilds, and all Taco brothers can appear with gold frames as walking wilds. The evil Captain Diaz and Señorita appear as special symbols during the bonus game only, detailed below.

Taco Brothers Derailed Slot Features

2015 release, Taco Brothers, was shortly followed by the seasonal clone, Taco Brothers Saving Christmas. Both feature the trio battling Captain Diaz in walking wild fuelled action, with 243 ways to win and an alluring hit rate and bonus trigger frequency. Let’s take a closer look at the return of the Mexican siblings and see if their antics are as memorable as before.

The game uses a pay system Elk Studios call connecting paylines. Wins are awarded for matching symbols on adjacent reels, horizontally or diagonally adjacent. On every spin, starting from the leftmost reel, a symbol must be touching the previous to continue the connecting payline. In this 6×4 format, the connecting paylines system creates 466 ways to pay.

Central to the gameplay, various symbols can trigger the walking wild respins feature. When walking wild symbols appear on the reels, they move one position to the next reel on their left and trigger a respin. The process continues until all walking wilds have left the game window via the first reel. Bonus symbols that land during a walking wild respin will lock in place until respins end, increasing your chances of a bonus trigger.

Taco Brothers can appear framed in gold as a walking wild. When a Taco Brother Walking Wild moves to its left and the reels come to rest, a wild transformation is performed, and all regular versions of the Taco Brother will change to match as wild symbols.

A walking multiplier wild can appear in the top row on any spin. During the walking wild respin sequence, any standard wild symbols that appear will adopt the multiplier value of the walking multiplier wild. Multipliers on walking wilds will only affect wins that pass through them.

Land three bonus scatters to trigger the Taco Train Heist. One by one, each of the Taco Brothers will appear and begin the walking wild respin mechanic from the rightmost reel to the left, turning regular matching symbols wild. Taco Brother Walking Wilds carry a random multiplier that varies with each step. Each of the brothers will continue their walk in turn until exiting via reel one, starting with Pico in row four, then Pepe in row three, and lastly Paso in row two.

Captain Diaz and Señorita appear on reels one and six, respectively. If Captain Diaz lands on a respin, he brandishes jail keys and locks the current walking taco brother in its position, framed in a jail cell, before disappearing for the next brother to begin his walk. The jailed sibling will stay locked through respins until the end of the feature, or Señorita lands on reel six and sets him free.

If more than one Taco Brother has been locked by Diaz, Señorita will release the one closest to reel one for them to continue their walk. Should no brother be locked when Señorita lands, she will send the current active brother back to reel six to begin their walk once more. If Señorita and Captain Diaz land on the same spin, Señorita blocks Diaz and turns him into a wild symbol before calculating any wins. The bonus ends when all Taco Brothers have either left via reel one or have been imprisoned by Captain Diaz.

Land four bonus scatters to win the Taco Train Heist Super Bonus. The super bonus starts with all Taco Brothers lined up on reel six beneath a walking multiplier wild in the top row and all four walking wilds moving as a unit with each respin. Captain Diaz appears as a wild symbol for the round and cannot lock Taco Brothers. The bonus ends when all walking wilds have left the play area, or the maximum win is reached.

Where available, X-iter presents a variety of bonus buy or spin scenarios unique to each Elk Studios release. For a fixed amount, X-iter options include batches of win spins, direct entry to super bonuses and more. The Taco Brothers Derailed X-iter Feature gives players a choice of five scenarios:

• Bonus Hunt | 2x Bet: More than double the chance of triggering the bonus game with each Bonus Hunt spin.
• Guaranteed Walking Wild Taco Brother | 10x Bet: A Walking Wild Taco Brother guaranteed on a spin.
• Guaranteed Walking Multiplier Wild | 25x Bet: A guaranteed Walking Multiplier Wild on a spin.
• Taco Train Heist | 100x Bet: Direct entry to the standard bonus game.
• Taco Train Heist Super Bonus | 500x Bet: Purchase access to the super bonus.

Final Verdict

Elk Studios are no strangers to walking wild mechanics, as seen on the recent Phoenix Graveyard, on the Toro series of games, and of course, the prequel to Taco Brothers Derailed. Essentially, this game is a beefed-up version of the Taco Brothers, taking the trio’s walking wild assault on Captain Diaz to another level.

Throughout the game, the wild transformation throws some spice into the proven walking wild mechanic found popular in the original. Plus, an added walking multiplier wild adds some variety. During the Taco Train Heist Bonus, the brother’s armoury is bulked up with random multipliers on each walk for some extra kick, but ultimately, the appearance of Captain Diaz and/or Señorita will make or break your round.

The group assault in the super bonus provides an entirely different experience, with the Taco Brothers and the Walking Multiplier Wild moving in sequence as one. Captain Diaz appears as a wild symbol, meaning it’s a march to the finish line for the brothers, with you praying for Señorita to show and beckon one back into the arms of reel six, furthering the round.

Taco Brothers Derailed – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. On the Taco Brothers Derailed slot by Elk Studios, how do you trigger the Super Bonus?

The Super Bonus on Tacon Brothers Derailed is triggered by landing four bonus scatter symbols across reels 2, 3, 4 and 5.

2. What other games can I play similar to the Taco Brothers Derailed slot from Elk Studios?

Try Elk Studios Phoenix Graveyard, Book of Toro, Wild Toro II, or NetEnt's Jack and the Beanstalk, Halloween Jack or The Invisible Man, for games with walking wild respins similar to the Taco Brothers Derailed slot.

3. On the Taco Brothers Derailed slot, can more than one Taco Brother Walking Wild be active during bonus game respins?

During the bonus game of Taco Brothers Derailed, if Señorita frees an imprisoned Taco Brother, they will join the currently active Taco Brother walking Wild on the following respin, meaning more than one Taco Brother Walking Wild can be in play on the same respin.

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