Popinata Slots
Popinata is an amazing slot machine from the company Real Time Gaming, and is filled with Piñata and special features, impeccable cash prizes and more. What's more fun than a pinata anyway? There's nothing like putting on a blindfold, grabbing a bat and smashing a fake animal filled with candy. This game is played on five reels and ten pay lines. The pay range is very suitable, it's 0.10 to 2.50 per spin, making it perfect for players on a tight budget. There are tons of special features associated with this game, like wilds, expanding wilds, respins and sticky wilds. If you trigger the jackpot, you might even win a generous multiplier of 250x your bet.
Setting
This game takes place in paradise, straight in the heart of Mexico. There's a night of stars twinkling in the sky, and two cacti covered in twinkling lights frame the reels. This isn't focused on a city in Mexico - instead it looks like we're out in the remote desert, enjoying the whirl of stars and constellations in the sky. The reels are transparent, so we're spinning against the stars, too. The small details are exceptionally great - like the sombrero that's used as the spin button. You can adjust how fast you spin the reels, along with adjusting your pay lines and bet amount at the bottom of the grid. The animation has a cartoonish yet glossy, modern quality. Even if you weren't fond of the theme, you could enjoy the visual presentation of this slot, because it just looks good.
Every symbol on this game grid is a pinata, but each symbol is still designed to represent a specific part of Mexican culture. The top paying regular symbol is the cute cactus, which pays out 250 credits for a match of five. The second highest paying symbol is the chili pepper pintata, which pays out 150 coins for a match of five. The third highest paying symbol is the firework, and the fourth highest paying is the champagne bottle. Other symbols include guitars, and tacos. The donkey symbol is the wild symbol, and this symbol only appears on reels two, three and four. This symbol can substitute for all symbols and can expand to cover all positions on their reel before a payout is awarded. Symbols pay from both right to left and left to right. Most other symbols will award you a prize between 25x your bet to 60x your bet for a combination of five.
Special Features
If an expanding donkey wild symbol lands on the reels and expands to cover the whole reel, the wild re-spin feature is awarded if one or more expanding donkeys land. All reels with expanded donkeys are held for one respin, and if you spin in more expanding donkeys during your respin, you'll be awarded another respin.
Summary
Some games offer more special features, but considering this slot is aimed at players on a budget, they really went above and beyond what I expected. The expanding symbols, the respins and the wild symbol are fun.