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| Provider | Elk Studios |
| Reels | 6 |
| Rows | 6 |
| Paylines | 46,656 |
| Bonus Rounds | 1 |
| Bet Range | 0.20 - 100 |
| Volatility | High |
| Max Win | 25,000x |
| Bonus Buy | Yes |
| RTP | 94.00% |
| Our Rating | 7.5 |
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Game Overview
At first glance, the name of this slot may give you a warm feeling, with thoughts of tropical islands, a sunlight background, and palm trees, but rather than golden sand, there is ice-cold snow. Yes, using palm trees and snow in the same sentence is an oddity, making the Elk Studios Tropicool 3 slot theme stand out. As for the all important in-game stats, we have a 6-reel slot with up to 46,656 ways to win, a low RTP of 94%, and a maximum win of 25,000x bet.
There are several features and modifiers in play on Tropicool 3, which can initially seem quite daunting, but as you play, you’ll soon get a feel for how combination wins and cascades work. The main game has 36 symbols, and the COOL reel at the top of the slot has an extra 12 spaces for additional symbols to appear. When you match up 3, 4, 5, or 6 symbols from left to right, the action begins to kick off with cascading reels dropping in new symbols in place of winning symbols, and this makes room for special symbols to drop in from the COOL reel above boosting any new wins. Additional bonus rounds to discuss later in our slot review are Elmo’s Revenge and the free spins feature triggered when three or more scatters appear in view.
If you’ve already tried out the other games in this slot series, you’ll no doubt want to play this latest release as soon as possible. As always, we can help you with that, and you can try out our Tropicool 3 demo slot for free below.
Tropicool 3 Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols
If this is the first time you’ve encountered a Tropicool slot, you’ll no doubt want to take a look at the releases before Tropicool 3, too. As free play slots are our thing, we can certainly help you out on that front, so once you’re done with playing the demo and reading our slot review today, make sure you go and give our Tropicool and Tropicool 2 slot some spins to see how Elk has evolved this series of slot games over time.
The next port of call is to find out what Tropicool 3 can return in winnings, and over at the paytable, we find the Horus symbol awarding the largest amount at 5x the bet for a six of a kind win. Next, we have the Scarab Beetle at 1.5x, a Snake at 0.75x, and the Lizard rounding off the premium pays with rewards of 0.5x for a completed line of six. Lower-paying symbols take a more tropical turn, with four fruit symbols (red, purple, orange, and green) making up for the lower-paying symbols. They all pay the same spin bet combination payouts of 0.25x if six connect across the reels.
Finally, in this section, we end with the bet selection, which caters well for low, mid and high rollers. To get the reels spinning on Tropicool 3, players can choose from a minimum of €0.20 a spin to a maximum of €100.
Tropicool 3 Slot Base Game & Modifiers
When 3, 4, 5, or 6 matching symbols form combination wins by landing on adjacent positions from left to right in the main game, you’ve won a payout, and the cascade action begins. When a win aligns, all winning symbols disappear except for unused Locked Wild symbols, which will remain to help bring in more wins and keep those cascades rolling in.
Cascading Reels & Cool Reels
When cascades kick-off, blasting away the winning symbols to leave free positions, the remaining symbols cascade to fill the empty spaces, thus freeing up symbols from the top COOL Reel to slide onto the main game board. All symbols flow left and right as far down as possible, with gravity causing the symbols to drop down further when possible.
The COOL Reel also refills itself from the right side, pushing symbols left, so new symbols are almost always available to drop in from above. Any new winning combinations from cascades on the main grid complemented by symbols from the COOL reels above earn additional prizes and trigger another cascade until no more wins occur. Any Mystery symbols, Row Swap symbols or Bonus triggers activate next, in that order, giving you the chance to build up massive spin bet multipliers from a single spin.
Locked Wilds
During cascades, locked wilds remain in place on the main reels for a maximum of 3 wins. They also carry over in the bonus game, which I will explain below in the free games section.
Tropicool 3 Slot Bonus Features
Aside from the monster wins gained in the base game via cascading reels with the assistance of the COOL Reel symbols, Tropicool 3 has tons more to offer. Let’s get straight into it and tell you more about those features.
Elmo’s Revenge
During cascades, when the Elmo symbol makes it to the far left spot, it triggers a special bonus round where the entire COOL Reel dumps its symbols onto the main grid at once. Any Elmo symbol landing on the bottom row slides one spot left. If the symbol ends up in columns 2 to 6 on the lowest row, it will drop down once more, making big wins more likely as more symbols pile in from the COOL Reel.
Bonus Game
Landing 3 to 6 Bonus symbols anywhere on the grid starts the free falls Bonus Game.
- 6 free drops for 3 Bonus Symbols
- 6 free drops for 4 Bonus Symbols
- 12 free drops for 5 Bonus Symbols
- 15 free drops for 6 Bonus Symbols
Special symbols may also appear that extend your bonus drops. Each Bonus Game round starts with fresh symbols on the main 6×5 frid and refilled special symbols in the COOL Reels area, but locked Wilds carry over into the bonus game until they are used 3 times.
Super Bonus Game
Having 3+ bonus symbols and the Elmo symbol visible after the end of the drops will trigger Super Bonus mode. One Elmo symbol is always on the main grid and stays for all free drops, continuously dropping in featured symbols from the COOL Reels area.
X-iter Bonus Buy
You’ll see the 5 game modes listed below by pressing the X-iter bonus buy button. These modes are only available in the base version of the game,
- Super Bonus: This guarantees the bonus game will start and shows an Elmo symbol. It will cost you 500x the current bet, a pricey investment!
- Buy Bonus: Trigger the bonus game for 100x the current spin bet.
- Elmo’s Revenge: Guarantees an Elmo symbol for 50x times the current bet.
- Locked Wilds: Starts the round with 3 locked wild symbols for 25x the current bet.
- Bonus Hunt: This option increases your chance of triggering the bonus game, costing 3x the current bet.
Pros
- The X-iter™ feature gives you 5 feature buy options.
- Solid addition to a popular series.
Cons
- Another low RTP release.
Tropicool 3 Slot Review Final Thoughts
With lots of fancy features and a great max win of 25,000x bet, Elk's Tropicool 3 is a good addition to the series and one I imagine will go down well with the provider's hardcore fanboys and girls.
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