MonkeyPop Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

MonkeyPop Review

AvatarUX is moving forward with yet another installment in their PopWins mechanic series, and this time they’ve really gone to town with the visual presentation. The asian animal theme is livened up by watercolor artwork of a quality you seldom see in online slots, and this alone makes MonkeyPop a worthwhile experience. Featurewise, it’s not quite as unique perhaps, as the PopWins mechanic is still at the core of everything.

Each win expands the number of rows of the involved reels, as well as the number of win ways, and a maxed out grid also awards 2 free spins with a starting multiplier up to x3. There is also a bonus round to look forward to, and the Reward Reel awards the number of spins, the starting multiplier, the multiplier growth rate and the starting default win ways up front. The 10,744x potential is solid, and it seems more realistic than the higher max win from the earlier releases.

MonkeyPop Slot - Reels Screen

MonkeyPop Slot Features

The 6 premium monkey symbols pay between 1 and 2.5 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the Wild symbol steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete wins. The PopWins mechanic removes winning symbols, and replaces them with 2 new symbols. This expands the grid with extra rows, and up to 33,614 win ways are possible.

The PopWins keep doing their thing as long as you keep winning, and the grid resets between base game spins.

The grid maxes out at 7 rows in height, and if this happens you trigger the Base Game Unlock feature. A random amount of low value symbols are then removed, and you get 2 free spins. The free spins start with a multiplier of x1, x2 or x3, and the multiplier increases by +1 or +2 for each spin.

The Bonus Round triggers when you land 3+ bonus scatters anywhere in the same PopWins sequence, and it starts with a Reward Reel spin. This pre-bonus spin awards the following:

• A starting free spins number of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.
• A minimum starting win ways number of 486, 2,048 or 6,250.
• A starting multiplier of x1, x2, x3, x4 or x5.
• A multiplier growth of +1, +2, +3, +4 or +5.

The grid never resets in the bonus round, but it does drop to the lowest reel height between PopWin sequences. You win +2 extra spins if you manage to max out the grid with 7 rows on all reels, and this also removes a random amount of low value symbols for the rest of the feature.

Bonus scatter symbols are collected, and collecting 3 scatters upgrades a random premium symbol with a multiplier of x5. If selected again, the multiplier increases to x10.

The Bonus Round triggers organically once every 298 spins on average, but impatient players can take advantage of the Bonus Buy option (not available in the UK). You can buy 3 tiers of the bonus round this way, and the price you pay is 100x, 250x or 500x your stake, respectively.

The 200 Spins MonkeyPop Slot Experience

You get to see some wins in the base game, before we purchase the bonus round at 1:50 into the 3:28-minute highlights video. We got 5 free spins, 2,048 starting win ways, a x1 starting multiplier that grows by +1. You can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

We really like the watercolor visuals in MonkeyPop, and this makes the game stick out from pretty much any other release out there. We still have an issue with the game pace though, at least in the base game. The annoying pause between hitting the spin button until the reels actually spin is still a problem, and the spin button takes a while to get “active” again after each spin. This is an easy fix that will improve the gameplay experience.

The PopWins mechanic is something we’re quite used to by now, and the new symbols are added with a satisfying speed.

Maxing out the grid gives you a sort of light version of the bonus round, and it’s a decent teaser while you wait for the real thing. The Reward Reel adds unpredictability, and the scatter collect system is an appreciated addition as well. Even though the 10,744x potential is lower than earlier PopWin releases, MonkeyPop is among the best installments so far.

Pros

• PopWin mechanic w/ up to 33,614 win ways
• Max out grid to get 2 FS w/ multiplier
• FS w/ Reward Reel and scatter collect system
• Win up to 10,744x your stake

Cons

• FS hit rate of 1 in 298 spins

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LolliPop - is a candy-themed installment in the AvatarUX PopWins series, and each win increases the size of the grid as usual. It also triggers the StickyPop Respins feature, which comes with a multiplier unlock system.

The streak respins bonus round is all about the cash scatter upgrades, and you can win up to 13,000x your stake.

PiggyPop - comes with a default grid of 6x4 reels with 8,192 win ways. The grid can expand with up to 8 rows per reel, and this gives you 524,288 ways to win. You get unlimited free spins in the bonus round, as the spin tally resets to 3 per win, and you can win up to 10,690x your stake.

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