Aloha! Christmas Edition Slot Review
Every day is like a holiday with the Aloha! Christmas Edition from NetEnt. Your new Santa Claus is the jovial Saint Tiki from Oceania, but instead of a sleigh, he rides a Tiki Bar filled with mouthwatering presents. Aloha! Christmas Edition doesn't appear very Christmassy in terms of graphics, in our opinion, but it has a lively, upbeat feel to it and a great theme song, making it a lot of fun to play. The original game's lush Hawaiian background received a Christmassy touch in the new version of the slot. The first game had the original Cluster Pays mechanism introduced by NetEnt, and other game developers have subsequently followed this kind of slot. The original slot's charm and fun factor are intended to be in NetEnt's new and improved version, which also includes some additional features and bonuses and a slightly different theme.
Aloha! Christmas Slot Features
General Characteristics
- Cluster Pays;
- 6 reels and 6 rows;
- RTP: 96%;
- Hit frequency: 25.21%;
- Free Spins frequency: 0.3% (1 in 333);
- Sticky Win Re-Spin frequency: 1.27% (1 in 79);
- Volatility: Medium;
- Bet amount: 0.1 EUR - 200 EUR;
- Maximum Win Multiplier: x1,750;
- Maximum Win Value: 350,000 EUR;
- Main Symbols: 7;
- Additional Symbols: Wild Symbol, Scatter Symbol, Mystery Symbol.
Aloha! Christmas Edition Bonus Features
Cluster Pays
Wins are awarded by forming a group of the same 9 symbols staying near each other vertically or horizontally.
Mystery Symbol
You can easily recognize the design of the Mystery Symbol, as it has remained the same as in the previous slot of the line. When Mystery Symbol is dropped, all instances of it will be replaced with one of the regular symbols.
Multipliers
The Mystery symbols can also change into a Wild symbol that adds to the number of wins. Multiplier Wild symbols can be added to a cluster of winning symbols to make the cluster win bigger. The Multiplier values that you can see:
- The main game: x2, x3, x4, x5, x7.
- Tiki Bar Free Spins: x2, x3, x4.
- Tiki Bar Max Free Spins: x4, x5, x7.
Sticky Win Re-Spin
In the main game, a cluster win can randomly start this feature. Any symbols that match the cluster that started the re-spin stay on the reels. The feature keeps going until no more symbols connect to the cluster of symbols on the game field or til the size of the group of symbols takes place of the whole playing area. At the end of the feature, all wins that the player received, get a multiplier between x1 and x7 (depends how many symbols are stuck to the reels).
Tiki Bar Free Spins and Tiki Bar Max Free Spins
This feature can be activated when 3 Scatter symbols take place in any place on the game field in the main game. When 4, 5, or 6 Scatter symbols are shown on the reels, the feature is activated and a win of ten, twenty-five, or fifty times the bet is given respectively. The players pick from:
- 10 Tiki Bar Free Spins and x2, x3 and x4 Multiplier Wild values.
- 6 Tiki Bar Max Free Spins and x4, x5 and x7 Multiplier Wild values.
In this feature, you gather Starfish symbols. In each case when you gathered 3 Starfish symbols, a symbol with low cost doesn’t use anymore in the next spins in this feature and you get 2 spins more.
Our Experience Playing Aloha! Christmas Edition
We ran a standard 300 spin test with a bet of 1 EUR and a budget of 200 EUR. The first 100 spins gave us a maximum payout of 10 times the bet. We managed to launch Sticky Win Re-Spin which allowed us to get 15 times the bet and Free Spins in which we chose Tiki Bar Free Spins and got 40 times the bet. For the first hundred spins, we received 5 EUR. The next 100 spins gave us max wins of 12 times the bet thanks to the Sticky Win Re-Spin. We managed to trigger Free Spins again and we chose Tiki Bar Max Free Spins this time and were able to get 30 times the bet. And the total score at the end of the second hundred was minus 10 EUR. The last 100 spins gave us a max win of 13 times the bet. We were able to trigger the Free Spins again and chose Tiki Bar Free Spins in which we got 32 times our bet. In the end, with over 300 spins, we lost only 15 EUR.
Our Verdict
The Aloha! Christmas slot is a beach party that you'll want to attend. Only a very little amount of auditory and visual references to Christmas are present. The gaming experience is rather good. The Clusters pay game engine produces a consistent flow of action, and you can anticipate seeing the mysterious symbols frequently. This game is a sequel to the extremely well-liked previous version of Aloha! Cluster Pays slot machine. The good news is that Aloha! Christmas gameplay is unique. It has many similarities to its predecessor, however, NetEnt changed some features to give players more variability. In fact, the Sticky Win Re-Spin feature will attract a lot of gamers, as it allows them to stay afloat or even make some decent money in a regular game while they look forward to triggering the long-awaited free spins that offer really pleasurable wins. This could be the spot for you if your notion of the ideal Christmas is lounging on a warm beach thousands of miles from turkey and tinsel.
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