FRKN Bananas Slot Review
Look here, look there, it’s FRKN Bananas everywhere! Hacksaw Gaming welcomes us to the city of Peelington – a place where you can choose sticky over smooth, but victory is oh-so-sweet.
Hacksaw Gaming is always coming up with clever themes for their new releases, evident in games like Octo Attack, Donut Division, and Get the Cheese.
In FRKN Bananas, we’re met with a rather intimidating banana character, swinging around what looks to be a banana frisbee of some sort. Instead of leaving us guessing, Hacksaw Gaming always give a brief description of the storyline, which places us in the back alley of the city of Peelington.
The cartoon animations, high-quality graphics and sound effects are widely ‘apeeling’, leaving us excited to see what features and mechanics Hacksaw Gaming has cooked up!
Base Game & Features
FRKN Bananas is a highly volatile 6-reel, 5-row Video Slot with 19 active pay lines, a variety of food symbols, and varying bet sizes between £.€0.10 and £.€100 per spin.
Wins occur when 3 or more matching symbols land from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. This game has 10 High and Low-paying symbols, each generating payouts between 0.1x and 3x your bet. Other noteworthy attributes include an overall RTP of 96.31% and a max win cap of 10,000x your bet.
Banana Split? No, Banana Spread!
Special Banana symbols can appear on all reels, pointing in a Left or Upward motion. When a Banana symbol hits, it will spread to fill the row or reel in which it points, known as Spreading Bananas. This function will only occur if it contributes toward a winning combination.
Each spreading banana acts as a Wild Multiplier, substituting for all symbols except Scatters. Once spread across a reel or row, each Banana symbol reveals a random Multiplier between x1 and x100. All created spreading bananas will have the same Multiplier applied to them.
If 2 Spreading Banana symbols spread over the same grid position, their Multiplier values are added together and applied to that position. When at least 1 spreading banana is part of a win, the Multiplier is applied. Multiple banana symbols of the same win will have their Multipliers combined first.
Bonus Buy
- Bonushunt Featurespins: Each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger a Free Spins mode (3x your bet)
- Spread ‘Em Featurespins: Each spin guarantees at least 2 Spreading Banana symbols (50x your bet)
- Bananza: Triggers the Bananza Free Spins mode (100x your bet)
- Banana Blitz: Triggers the Banana Blitz Free Spins mode (200x your bet)
Bananza Free Spins
Landing 3 FS Scatters in the base game triggers the Bananza Free Spins mode, awarding 10 Free Spins.
This round maintains the same mannerisms as the base game, with an increased chance of landing Spreading Banana symbols with high-value Multipliers. In addition, Spreading Banana symbols land on more favourable positions, optimizing the Banana Spread mechanic.
Landing 2 or 3 FS Scatters during this time awards an additional +2 and +4 Free Spins respectively.
Banana Blitz Free Spins
Landing 4 FS Scatters in the base game triggers the Banana Blitz Free Spins mode, awarding 10 Free Spins.
In this round, 2 new Sticky Banana and Go Bananas symbols are present. When a Sticky Banana symbol hits, it will remain in its position until the end of the feature. Each sticky banana is equipped with a random Multiplier between x1 and x100.
If there is a minimum of 1 Sticky Banana in view when a Go Bananas symbol hits, the Go Bananas mechanic will activate immediately. Once active, the Go Bananas symbol reveals a value between 3 and 10. This number represents the amount of Banana Copies that will be created from each of the Sticky Banana symbols currently in view.
For example, if there are 3 Sticky Bananas when a Go Bananas symbol with a value of 3 hits, 9 Banana Copies are added to the grid. Copied bananas act as Wild Multipliers that appear in random positions, substituting for all paytable symbols. Please note, that a copied banana will always reveal the same Multiplier as the copied Sticky Banana.
Once applied, copied bananas are removed on the next Free Spin. Landing 2 or 3 FS Scatters awards an additional +2 and +4 Free Spins respectively.
Our Verdict
What’s great about a Hacksaw Gaming release is that no two are ever the same. Certain titles share similarities, but they are individually unique in themselves. For example, FRKN Bananas has certain elements of gameplay that are very similar to Beam Boys and Donut Division, but the quirky theme makes it stand out as one-of-a-kind.
The base game has an interesting Spreading Bananas Feature, which causes each banana symbol in view to spread in 1 of 2 directions on the grid. When this function occurs, each banana symbol adopts a Wild Multiplier status between x1 and x100. This function only activates if a winning sequence can be created.
If you’re in a position to play with Bonus Buys, you can activate the Spread ‘Em Featurespins mode which guarantees at least 2 Spreading Banana symbols in a single spin, but it comes with a hefty price tag.
In true Hacksaw fashion, FRKN Bananas has not one, but two Free Spins modes available. Bananza Free Spins is your average mode with the same mannerisms as the base game. Whereas, the Banana Blitz Free Spins mode offers 2 new Sticky Banana and Go Bananas symbols, and a Copied Banana feature.
In other news, FRKN Bananas looks great on paper, offering a High Volatility rating, an overall RTP of 96.31%, and a generous max win cap of 10,000x your bet. These statistics are about average in a slot of this nature, which the majority of players will find very accommodating.
*FRKN Bananas is available to play across Top UK Casinos from the 13th February 2025