Big Kahuna Slot

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We’ve all heard the expression “big kahuna”, but how many of us actually know what it means? The most popular definition is a Hawaiian shaman, which is precisely what Big Kahuna, the non-progressive video slot from Microgaming, appears to be based on. This one has 5 reels and 9 unfixed paylines, which means wins can be formed both horizontally and diagonally. The game is developed around a tribal theme. The feature flourishes include scatter symbols, Wilds, and no less than two mini-games. Are you interested to know more about this unique reeled machine? Then continue reading our full review below. ...

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game ReviewThe games game can be found at Microgaming casinos. Microgaming as a standard do not publish the slots house edge information of their games. However they lease their slots games out to casinos using other software, some of which do publish this information. So far we’ve only found one casino – Virgin – that has published this information for Big Kahuna and they list the house edge as 3.84%. When playing at any other venue, this information should be used as a guideline only as the game may be configurable.Big Kahuna is themed on a tropical island, where head dresses made of fruit are common place and sacrificial offerings to the gods thrown into volcanos are an everyday occurrence.This game is a 5 reel game, with 9 paylines and you can bet up to 5 coins on each payline.There are two different bonus features to this game. The first is activated when three or more of the ‘Volcano’ bonus symbol turn up in a row on a payline starting from the left side of the screen. When this happens you’ll be taken to a new screen where you have to choose a fruit mask to throw into the volcano as a sacrifice. Different masks will offer different payouts.The second bonus feature is activated when three or more ‘Mask’ bonus symbol turn up in a row on a payline starting from the left side of the screen. When this happens you’ll be taken to ...

The Big Kahuna mobile slot has had fans for longer than most. And as a simple fruit machine, it works.Add a couple of fun click me bonuses and you can understand the appeal.Those with a shorter attention span (ie. us) should read our Jack & the Beanstalk slot review for something with a little more adventure. ...

It was meeting up with a snake, a real snake! I was walking in the woods near my house, my usual playground, where I used to play alone with some imaginary friends, when I suddenly came up with a brown snake. I stopped. The snake raised its head. I knew it was on the alert and may even strike at me at any second. I quickly turned around and ran as fast as I could, running and hopping at the same time, to avoid being hit by the snake's bite. I turned around once to see where the snake was...it was right behind me, chasing me, as fast as it could too. I managed to get out of the woody area, looked back again to see if the snake was still chasing me, but thank god, no. I felt safe again. The snake had probably stopped chasing me, turned around, and giggling all the way back to its home. "That'll teach that boy not to disturb my home again!" Hahaha. Nope, this isn't a stand up comedy. It's my own real story. Except for that part the snake giggling in glory. Now that was a comedy! Hahaha.

Well, I was quite eager to play snakes and ladders again, after all those years of being chased by a snake, playing alone again as before, but within the safety of my home. So there I was, just my face, on the box marked with the number 1. Oops, not me, that jungle boy. 5 dice rolls later, the game ended, and I won some cash. Not a lot, just over 20x my bet. Hmm, how the game has changed over the years. Now I can win some nice cash, when back in those days, I could only get some slaps from my sisters, for beating them at the game! Hahaha.

'Big Kahuna' is the Wild symbol, paying 5000x the line bet for 5 of them, and doubles all wins. A Snake, oh-oh, is the Scatter symbol. Don't worry boy, it's not a real snake, I told myself. It pays 2x total bet for 2 of them, but get 3 of them, you don't get paid anything. What? I get paid for 2 of them, but don't get paid for 3 of them? What the aargh is all that? Don't ask me, ask Microgaming! Nothing paid for 3 scatters, just awarding a Snakes and Ladders game, which promises a 100x total bet win if you can make it right to the end, to that Big Kahuna's Mask. 100x win, is that all? I don't know, I've never got that far to reach that blardy mask! A snake always got me on the last move, if you need to ask!

I haven't told you about the symbols, have I? Well, 5 Masks pay 2000x the line bet, 5 Jungle Boy pays 1000x, 5 Jungle girl pays 700x, 5 Lizards pay 500x, 5 Monkeys pay 300x, I lose every blardy time, never won not a single time! Is that any good for you? Oh yes, one more thing, that random Free Spins game. Can be triggered at any time during the main game. 10 free spins? 15 free spins? Yeah right, dream on! You only get 5 free spins with a 2x multiplier! What? Don't ask me, you know whom to ask! Does it pay good? Well, sometimes less than 5x total bet, sometimes less than 10x, sometimes 20x, but 100x never seen one time!

I do not remember when the last time I came across such a generous game was. I had some great wins for 5 of a kind symbols and during the bonus round. What is funny when it comes to this slot is that I have never managed to trigger the free spins round. Some of the symbols include a monkey, a lizard and a male and female character. Also a range of fruit such as kiwi, pineapple and orange can be seen here too. This slot is very bright and colorful.

The bonus round brought me back to the game that I really loved when I was a child, snakes and ladders. You have to choose dices which award you some amounts and you move through the board. The ladders are the ones that speed up your process and the snakes are the ones that are bringing you back down. I had the chance to play snakes and ladders many times, because somehow I was triggering this bonus very often. The most that I have got was x 89 multiplier. There are 5 dice and some dice give you 2 rolls.

I think that this is a great game because I had some great wins every time I played it. The free spins are awarded randomly and there are only 5 free spins with x 2 multiplier. The payouts can be really huge during the free spins but maybe next time I will manage to trigger them, because I will definitely play this slot again very soon. I do believe it has everything a player needs and is looking for in a slot.

For the things that I do not like here I will not write a lot, but I will say for example that the min bet with which you can play here is 0.45 euros. Then, the game is pretty boring. The reason why I say that the game is pretty boring is that do not offers any exciting feature. I’ll list and briefly describe 3 features that you have in this game.

Two of the three features are just different variations of pick up bonus. Those are the Volcano and Mask bonus. I think the game would be a lot more interesting if let’s say there is a free spins bonus. Besides these two bonuses there is also the scatter feature. Two scatter symbols will pay 3 x bet while 5 scatter symbols pay 200 x total bet. Quite often it happens to receive 2 scatter symbols but to 3, 4 or 5 scatter symbols is very difficult to come by. Also I'll say that here the wild symbol changes only symbols with fruits.

My experience with this game is not great, but the last time in Go Wild Casino I stayed longer than half an hour on this game. The initial idea was to make here a maximum of up to 10 spins. But in those 10 spins I was in plus more than 30 euros and that playing with a minimum bet of 0.45 EUR per spin. After these 10 spins I had set up on 25 automatic spins. I was in plus again. I continued to play as that, as I have already said, for more than half an hour and every time when the 25 automatic spins were completed I would set up a new 25 automatic spins. At one point I was in a plus for more than 100 euros in this game, but I finished with a plus of around 30 euros.

Big Kahuna is for my taste a pretty boring game and I give her the lowest passing grade, which would be a 6 out of 10 possible stars.

The first time I played the game I just wanted to test it so I set 10 spins on autoplay on min bet. I was surprised because after these free spins I was actually 50 euros in plus. I ended up playing the game for more than 2 hours but I finished with a plus of only 40 euros.

This video slot is supposed to be Hawaiian themed slot but it is more of a jungle oriented because of the wildlife illustrations. Symbols include flowers, fruits, monkeys, volcanoes, lizards, tribe relics and badges. The symbols are very colorful and probably for that reason the developer chose to leave the reels white. The scatter symbol is a monkey, if you get 2 scattered monkeys it will pay you 3x bet and if you get 3 monkeys you will earn 10x bet.

Kahuna is an Hawaiian term for a priest, a magician, or a shaman, so this Big Kahuna must be a big one somewhere in the Hawaiian jungle. If you happen to be going there, watch out for the Big Kahuna. Right now, I'll keep watch over him over here, just in case he decides to make my wallet suddenly disappear. Hehehe.

For a very old game, I can't really comment much on its graphics and sounds, other than to say that it is acceptable but looking quite dated, although I do find the monkey's icon quite nice. Paytable wise, only the Wild symbol is doing its job, although it is still considered a dumb Wild, for not doing anything else except to substitute for the fruits symbol only. 5 of them pays a nice 8000x the line bet. All the other symbols pay from 500x the line bet down to 100x. So, is that good or bad? Quite bad!

There are 2 feature games available, namely a Volcano Bonus game and a Mask Bonus game, both having a pick-and-win mode of play, something that I don't like at all. In the Volcano Bonus game, you pick 1 fruit out of 5 or 6 fruits to win a prize. Nothing big at all to win here, only about 10x the total bet size, or thereabouts. In the Mask Bonus game, you pick a few masks out of the 10 masks, until you get a 'collect' sign which ends the picking. The prizes here are a little bigger than those in the Volcano bonus, probably up to 20x or 25x the total bet size. Still not a lot though. So where can you win big? Get 5 of those Wilds on any payline and that's about it! No win multipliers in this game, no Free Spins game either. All you get is a lot of monkey business!

n't you just hate it when video slots are like that? If I accidentally click on "Spin" or "Max bet" then there is a good chance I'll lose my bet for that small mistake. Sometimes mistakes can become beneficial on accident.

There are two different bonuses, one that is of the Volcano Bonus during which you have to pick a fruit to offer to the volcano. Kind of like a sacrifice. You choose from five fruits and they will grant credits, for better as in big or for worse as in small. The other bonus which I'm more into is the Mask Bonus. Lining up those mask symbols on a payline which I'm sure can be very annoying (for both anyways) but is far better than in comparison to the volcano bonus. This bonus let's me pick from Masks until I find a "collect" symbol ending my bonus. I greatly appreciate the many values hiding in these masks and would prefer most players to bet on a scale of 2 to 4 coins. Consolation prizes are left behind after the "collect" sign. In terms of Max betting I would advise that it is up to you. If hitting the bonuses more often and looting gargantuan wins is in your cards then what is stopping you from earning more? Greed can sometimes be a total payoff!

For those of you who like to make low risks, I would suggest playing this video slot on $0.45 bets. Remember to lower everything first before playing! Did I forget to mention that only two scattered monkeys pay 3x your bet while 3 monkeys earns 10x?

I find this Tiki slot to be awesome and should stand at a 8.5 out of 10!

I don't where they got the Idea of putting 5 Free spins at 2x, triggered on a random spin. I don't get what makes these Free spins so special.

The only bad thing is that bonus game should pay much more. I had no big wins at bonus games, I would be happy if bonus game also offer big potential. I will rate this game with 9 stars, I took one star because of that.

As before, if I tell you the whole story, my Guru may get into a fury, for my review as long as a Century, so better cut it short and end the story!

What a massive disappointment! Seriously, the slot has got a jungle environment thanks to the wild life illustration image in the background but looking at the used symbols I really don’t know it’s supposed to be an animal, a fruit or some kind of adventurous game. We get a little bit of everything but in my opinion it would have been better if the creators would have choose one of them and made the game a little bit more specific because the play emblems simple can’t make a comprehensive unit and that’s not good for the overall pictorial effects as well as the not too high quality graphics and illustration technique. Normally, I’m not a fan of pure white background colour of the reel area but I think here the developer just wanted to compensate the otherwise very colourful screen and with lot of hot, powerful colours in use after all at this game it wasn’t a bad idea. So I can’t say I love here the interface and I definitely would have done many things differently to create a real effective visual experience to the customers.

The slot is a 9-payline game and considering this the 8000 coins main prize is really respectable but this award giving Wild symbol is not too generous while it fulfills its secondary function as when it’s substituting it doesn’t multiply the wins and only works for the fruit winning combinations but not for the two best paying symbols. The Monkey, scatter figure also owns good ability to pay us well and we can win by it 200 times of total bet. Interestingly, Scatter doesn’t trigger any feature and the slot uses two other special symbols to trigger the bonuses.

Mask Bonus starts when at least 3 Mask icons landed on an active payline then we’re carried over to a secondary screen where we have to pick masks out of 10 possibilities until the ‘Collect’ label is revealed. 3 Masks hide this unwanted option while all the other masks unfold instant cash prizes. Though I play with the game mainly $0.90 total bet and the maximum amount I won here was no more than $30 but this side game can reward up to 2500 coins. The other side game is Volcano Bonus which has same triggering method as the mentioned one but with Volcano symbols and here we have to choose from fruits to win cash prizes. This is not so good extra and I’m not really happy when it’s activated because most of the times the won amount here is not high.

As you can see the game doesn’t have free spin feature but from a 9-line slot I don’t necessarily expect it to do that. The
winning probability is not so bad at this game but it’s true the bigger wins are not too realistic even if on paper the payout quality of the game is very good. Perhaps I just had bad luck with it every time I played here but I never won any noticeable amount. I have a little issue with the game’s entertaining ability too and I’d lie if I say that my sessions at Big Kahuna were filled with lot of joy, excitement or I very enjoyed playing with the game and this observation is independent of my financial success (unsuccess) at this product. Overall, I don’t think this slot is the best made Microgaming and from the theme and its illustration through game settings and bonuses there would be lot things that could be improved and even if the potential is there at least on papers but making me believe that I actually can be won any of big prizes is another story so for me this game is just one of the many ordinary products on the market.

When 3 Mask icons land on a winning payline you will be carried away on a secondary screen where you have to pick masks until you reveal the “Collect” label. There are 3 masks out of 10 with this unwanted option so do not expect too much from this bonus even though this game can reward up to 250 euros. The other bonus is called Volcano Bonus which is triggered the same way but only with Volcano symbols this time. You can win cash prize here by picking fruits but the amount is not so high. This game does not have a free spins feature.

What don't I like about this Big Kahuna game? Well, everything about the game sucks! The paytable sucks, the feature games suck, no free spins game sucks, some of my money got sucked too. Luckily not a lot, because this is a low variance game. Can't win much, can't lose much either, provided you know when to run! Overall, what a boring game Big Kahuna is!