King Kong Cash: Even Bigger Bananas 4 Slot Review
Blueprint Gaming’s King Kong Cash: Even Bigger Bananas 4 carries on the acclaimed series, but will it be the biggest yet?
In the world of entertainment, King Kong has become a staple figure. He’s a cinematic celebrity, famous for his daring ascent of the Empire State Building, swatting at planes and tragically falling to his death. He was a misunderstood figure, caught in a world he didn’t belong to, but the story of Kong in the world of Slots is a striking parallel.
Blueprint Gaming’s Kong is revered and well within his comfort zone as the king of the jungle. He’s concerned not with scooping up damsels and ascending New York skyscrapers – he’s quite happy to sit on his throne, have a snooze, scratch the occasional nut and of course, throw some barrels around.
King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 4 offers up a lot of features, and an extended play session that few other slots possess, thanks to its trail unlocks.
King Kong Cash comes with 95%, 93% and 92% RTP configs, plus a max win of 10,000x the bet and medium volatility.
Base Game & Features
King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 4 has a setup of 6 reels and 4 rows, delivering 4,096 ways to win.
Payouts are awarded when 2 to 6 premium symbols, or at least 3 of the lower-value ones, connect from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.
The top prize comes from the Golden Kong symbol, which pays between 0.5x and 5x the total stake. Other symbols yield returns ranging from 0.4x to 2.5x your bet. Wilds can land on reels two through six, substituting for symbols except for the Scatter, Cash, and Collect symbols.
Wins don’t feel like a lot for just symbols, but it is a ways slot, and the same symbol can appear more than once on the same reel, which exponentially increases payouts. King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 4 also bolsters wins via its main feature, the Cash Collect.
Cash Collect Feature
The Cash Collect symbol appears exclusively on reels 1 and 6. When both a Cash and a Collect symbol land simultaneously, the Cash Collect Feature comes into play.
The Collect symbol expands to fill its reel and gathers any visible values from the Cash Prize symbols.
Each Cash Collect Symbol progresses the trail, unlocking new features. Once a feature is unlocked, it remains active. This remains unlocked on any stake.
- Win Smash – 2 Cash Collect Symbols unlocks the Win Smash. Kong hits the reels, adding prize symbols or upgrading existing Cash Prize symbols in view. This will continue until Kong stops hitting the reels before collecting all prizes in view.
- Win Spinner Collect – 5 Cash Collect Symbols unlocks the Win Spinner. This symbol will change a reel with Cash Symbols in view into a full reel of Cash Prize Symbols.
- Win Strike Collect – 8 Cash Collect Symbols unlocks the Win Strike. This feature increases Cash Prizes by up to x5.
- Banana Blitz – 12 Cash Collect Symbols unlocks the Banana Blitz. Cash Prizes not collected are now added to the Banana Blitz pot.
- Win Wheel – 12 Cash Collect Symbols unlocks the Win Wheel. Additional Cash Symbols are added to the reel. When the feature is triggered, it will spin to award a fixed value, mystery prize or bonus.
- Kong Bigger Bonus Spins – 16 symbols unlocks the Kong Bigger Bonus Spins. Trigger the bonus and select possible enhancements to be active during the round
- Kong Colossal Cash Spins – 20 Cash Collect Symbols unlocks Kong Colossal Cash Spins. Trigger the bonus and select Kong Colossal Cash Spins to play.
Banana Blitz
When Cash Prize Symbols aren’t collected, they’re added to the Banana Blitz Pot. This Pot may trigger, revealing a ‘Pick a Kong’ to reveal a guaranteed win.
- Bonus Boost: Additional Bonus Symbols are added to the reels. 3 symbols are guaranteed to land
- Win Spin – Top paying symbols and Wild Symbols land in view and guarantee a win
- Super Collect – Collects all cash prize symbols on the reels.
- Collect Add – Adds a collect symbol to either reel 1 or 6, or both reels. This guarantees a cash collection win. It can also add any Cash Prize Symbols
- Kong Add – Kong will appear and throw additional bananas onto the reels, causing a number of reels to spin through full of Cash Prize Symbols
- Win Wheel – The main reels will turn into a Win Wheel that spins and lands on a Cash Prize Segment or Mystery Win. Mystery Win can award a Cash Prize.
King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 4 Free Spins
Landing 3 or more Bonus Scatters in the base game triggers the Free Spins mode and a Cash Prize depending on how many scatters appear.
- 3 Bonus Scatters: 10 Bonus Spins/10 Bigger Bonus Spins (Once Unlocked) or 5 Kong Colossal Cash Spins (Once Unlocked)
- 4 Bonus Scatters: 20x your stake win & 10 Bonus Spins/10 Bigger Bonus Spins (Once Unlocked) or 5 Kong Colossal Cash Spins (Once Unlocked)
- 5 Bonus Scatters: 100x your stake win & 10 Bonus Spins/10 Bigger Bonus Spins (Once Unlocked) or 5 Kong Colossal Cash Spins (Once Unlocked)
- 6 Bonus Scatters: 500x your stake win & 10 Bonus Spins/10 Bigger Bonus Spins (Once Unlocked) or 5 Kong Colossal Cash Spins (Once Unlocked)
Kong Bonus Spins
Landing 3 or more Scatter symbols on the reels activates the Kong Bonus Spins feature, awarding 10 Free Spins. When the bonus begins, all previously unlocked features stay active throughout the bonus.
Collecting Cash Collect symbols during the bonus can significantly boost your rewards:
- A collection of 3 Cash Collect symbols awards 5 additional spins and a x2 multiplier on all collected values.
- A collection of 6 Cash Collect symbols awards 5 additional spins and a x3 multiplier on all collected values.
- A collection of 9 Cash Collect symbols awards 5 additional spins and a x5 multiplier on all collected values.
- A collection of 12 Cash Collect symbols awards 5 additional spins and a x10 multiplier on all collected values.
The bonus round continues until all spins have been played, at which point the total bonus winnings are paid out.
Kong Bigger Bonus Spins
Once unlocked, 3 or more bonus symbols trigger Kong Bigger Bonus Spins. 10 Free Spins are awarded.
Players can pick a Golden Monkey, which awards feature upgrades prior to bonus entry. Up to 5 upgrades can be awarded.
These upgrades are:
- Treasure Boost: Increases the chance of triggering Banana Blitz
- + Spins: up to 5 additional free spins
- Cash Attack: All symbols except Cash Prize and Cash Collects are removed from the reels
- + Banana: Adds more Bananas to the reels
- Trail Boost: The multipliers on the trail will be boosted to x3, x4, x6, x15
- Collect Up: Increases the chance of upgraded collect symbols being awarded
- + Wheel: Adds an additional wheel of cash prizes to the reels
- + Golden Barrels: Increased chance of a Golden Barrel landing.
- Start: Starts the Bonus Round
On any spin where a collect symbol lands in view, the prize is awarded for each cash prize symbol that also lands in
view during bonus spins, any unlocked cash collect symbols remain active.
On any spin where a cash collect symbol lands in view, the prize is awarded for each cash prize symbol that also lands in view accumulating any cash collect symbols will increment the trail and award additional spins and multipliers in the same way as regular bonus spins, factoring in any applicable upgrades.
On any spin where a collect symbol lands in view, the prize is awarded for each cash prize symbol that also lands in
view.
King Colossal Cash Spins
When unlocked, the King Colossal Cash Spins may be selected when at least 3 or more Bonus Scatters land in the Base Game.
Choosing the Kong Colossal Cash Spins Bonus awards 5 spins with a special Cash Collect Symbol in view as a 2×2 symbol.
On every spin, Cash Prize and Level up Symbols can land in view. Any Cash Prizes that land on Cash Collect Symbol are collected, with any level up symbols in view adding to the trail above the reels.
- Collecting 5 symbols – Awards additional spins and increases the size of the Cash Collect Symbol
- Collecting 5 symbols wi award 3 additional spins and increase the Cash Collect symbol size to 3×3
- Collecting 9 symbols will award 2 additional spins and increase the Cash Collect symbol size to 4×4
- Collecting 12 symbols will award 2 additional spins and increase the Cash Collect symbol size to 5×4
- Collecting 15 symbols will award 1 additional spin and increase the Cash Collect symbol size to 6×4
Level up symbols can display values during levels 1-3 and can display cash or +1 spin when at level 5.
If the Cash Collect expands and any uncollected cash prizes appear in the new expanded Cash Collect area, they will be collected at that point.
Our Honest Verdict
The Bigger Banana series has proved to be a long one, much further in fact than we thought it would ever be.
The series has inspired Blueprint to make similar offerings, including the latest branded slot, Dumb and Dumber Route to Riches, which featured not only an exact match as far as max win goes, but RTP too, with 95%, 93% and the dreaded 92% option.
If these games prove anything, it’s that there’s value in a game with longevity. The features aren’t open straight away, nor is the a chance to win the illustrious jackpot prizes, but it doesn’t take long to unlock them at all, and experiencing the upgrades as you go is actually quite enjoyable.
Like previous games, Cash Collects can be triggered in unison, making for an exciting spectacle as two (hopefully non-standard) Cash Collect symbols work their magic. One feature we’re particularly fond of is the Banana Blitz, which seemed to not only fill up fairly quickly, but also trigger often, too.
Within it is an array of exciting prizes, including more features, showcasing how diverse King Kong Cash: Even Bigger Bananas 4 really is.
All of this is even before you’ve experienced the multiple Free Spins rounds and the jackpot prize. Seemingly, its only drawback is the 10,000x cap. We feel like Blueprint could have lifted the lid here.
Other than that, their flagship IP hits once more. Kong is here to stay, and this may be one of the best ways to experience his majesty.
Playable now at Slot Sites in the UK and beyond, King Kong Cash: Even Bigger Bananas 4 is an exciting option.
*The images found in this slot review are currently from Demo Play. On average, our reviews are written prior to the initial release date and before real play is available.
