With their 2021 release, ELK Studios takes you to an Antarctica island where you can join Tony Toucano and Fiona Flamingo in a tropical adventure. Tropicool is a video slot that uses a 6x6 grid with 46,656 ways to win. As you play the game, you can benefit from avalanche wins, stacked symbols, locked and multiplier Wilds, row swaps, free drops and more. The maximum possible payout stands at 10,000x the bet per spin.
ELK Studios takes a fruit machine to another level by adding an icy tropical twist to it. As the developer says, the protagonists of the game Tony Toucano and Fiona Flamingo decided to stay put and create their little paradise having got tired of migrating every year. The reels are set against the snowy tropical scene and filled with symbols designed to look like ice cubes. Within them, you will find various fruits, including mangos, plums, apples, cherries, coconuts, lemons and strawberries. They pay low-value prizes. High-paying symbols are represented by two bird characters showing up in stacks on the reels. If they appear in their full size, they pay like Scatters, regardless of their positions.
To benefit from 46,656 ways to win, you need to wager between $0.20 and $100 per spin. Push the Spin button or activate up to 100 autospins to get the reels spinning. To get paid, you have to land 3 or more matching symbols on adjacent reels left to right.
The game offers a total of four bonus features. Whenever you hit a win, the Avalanche feature will remove successful symbols from the grid. New symbols will drop down providing you with a chance of creating more winning combos. The feature is active as long as you win.
Another bonus feature that activates when a win is hit is the Feature Reel. Watch the ice on the extra reel above the grid breaks and unlocks feature symbols. You can benefit from regular Wild, Locked Wild that stays on the reels to complete 3 winning combinations, Multiplier Wild awarding a multiplier of between 2x and 5x and Row Swap where one symbol will replace all symbols in the row except Wild and Scatter.
Land 3 or more B Scatters and you will unlock 10, 15, 20 or 25 free spins. Within the feature, the Feature Reel can award two more feature symbols. The Extra Drops symbol will reward you with extra free spins while Progressive Multiplier will increase the win multiplier in the bonus game.
The game also comes equipped with the X-iter feature allowing players to choose from 5 game modes. Depending on the preferred option, you will have to pay from 5x up to 500x the bet if you want to play the game in these modes.
In terms and visuals, sounds and bonus features, Tropicool is a highly attractive offering coming from the ELK Studios creative kitchen. The maximum potential win of 10,000x is also enticing. However, this is a medium to high volatility slot machine with an RTP of 95%, which is a bit below the industry average. If you want to give it a try and enjoy its exciting bonus features, make sure to keep an eye on your bankroll.
