Lucky Neko Slots
Lucky Neko is a Japanese fortune cat, or lucky cat, and is the basis of this slot at its core. This slot has shifting reels, so the format depends on your spin, but at its maximum, there are as many as 6 reels! Plus the intriguing designs of each symbol within this reel are highly memorable. This slot is by Yggdrasil Gaming, and Lucky Neko Giablox is a one-of-a-kind slot. There are up to 40 ways to land a winning combination and the fun doesn't stop there. This board contains huge symbols within the reels to help result in some huge reels. The overall design of this board is centered around Japanese Daruma dolls, which westerners may not be familiar with, but they're a known good luck charm.
Appearance and Soundtrack
The background of the slot resembles a souvenir shop, with an iconic-looking golden cat, bonsai trees, wooden dolls, and a teapot. There are plenty of little figurines and visually aesthetic pots. The background is animated - things shake on the shelf when you spin the reels. The soundtrack is very serene, featuring soft violin strings, harps, and other soothing sounds. This slot is one of the more beautiful slots I've played in my life. This game has medium volatility and offers some exceptional payouts. You can win up to 6,953 x your stake in a spin.
Symbols
The lower-paying symbols within the board are the regular card symbols, like hearts, aces, clubs, and diamonds. The higher-paying symbols are the dolls with unique faces on them. The wild symbol is the fox, and the scatter is a cat. The pink doll is the highest paying non-special symbol
Betting Range
This game has a wide betting range, so it's excellent for people who want to play it safe with smaller bets or place some large bets instead. The minimum bet is 0.08 coins while the maximum is 100 coins per spin. The RTP rests at around 96.40% which is considered one of the better RTP percentages.
Big Payouts
As you'll likely notice immediately, this board has unusual giant symbols. The symbols are useful with the Gigablox feature, where you'll get giant 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4 symbols to create wins. The wild symbol comes with the usual features, so it substitutes to complete winning combinations except for the scatter symbol. You can also expect the scatter symbol to trigger the free spins feature.
Free Spins
To trigger the free spins rounds, you'll need to trigger five scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. The scatter could also appear as a giant symbol, too. For each scatters symbol, you'll receive one free spin. So you can trigger as little as five free spins up to as many as 16 free spins. During the rounds, for every scatters symbol you trigger, another free spin will be added to your collection of spins. At the beginning of this feature, a special symbol will be randomly chosen and that symbol's payout will be multiplied by five. When the reels expand, there are 85 pay lines, so the base game entirely doubles, and the giant symbols grow to even more enormous sizes, like 5x5 or 6x6.
Conclusion
This slot has a lot of originality and unusual features that are enough to make it stand out, plus the theme itself is cute. The payouts are wonderful on top of that. The shifting reels and growing symbols make the game more exciting than the more traditional reels, and I think westerners might be intrigued especially by this slot's unique qualities. The betting range makes the slot perfect for users of all backgrounds, too.