Finn and The Candy Spin

Finn and The Candy Spin: Slot Overview

If you've been around the slot block once or twice, you'll likely be aware NetEnt's leprechaun character Finn has been around, too. Finn is a friendly sort of chap who first hit the scene circa 2017 in Finn and the Swirly Spin, then later on in Finn's Golden Tavern, and now he's getting a sugar fix in the online slot Finn and The Candy Spin. As well as screening oodles of teeth-busting stuff, Finn and The Candy Spin functions with an unusual, though not unique, spin mechanic, as well as Avalanches and a bulging pick 'n' mix bag of supplementary features.

This being a sugary-centric slot, players are treated to a sweet-filled environment where a palace-like building is suspended above cotton candy clouds, the screen full of light purples and pinks that usually colour these kinds of games. Finn's here, standing on a mechanical contraption, cane in hand, as amiable as ever, ready to join players in their moments of glory or despair, depending on how the symbols swirl. Swirl they do, too, due to the game's particular spin mechanic.

Might as well look at that now. Finn and The Candy Spin is played on a 5-reel, 5-row gaming area, where symbols do not drop from top to bottom as usual. Instead, they fill the grid in a clockwise spiralling pattern from the outer parts to the inner central position. It's an effect Quickspin employed not long ago as well in Adventurers Beyond Wonderland Magical Maze. Payouts are made when horizontal or vertical lines of 3 to 5 matching symbols hit. Winning symbols are removed, and the gaps are filled by the swirling Avalanching action.

A medium-low volatile slot, Finn and The Candy Spin is available in more than one RTP configuration; the most optimal being 96.62%. Stake range is colossal, ranging from 10 c to $/€500 per paid symbol drop. There aren't a whole lot of pay symbols in the game. Blue and green candies are the low pays, then yellow, orange, red, and striped purple candies are the highs. Landing a line of 5 matching symbols is worth 4 to 50 times the bet.

Finn and The Candy Spin: Slot Features

There's quite a bit to cover here, players, so maybe grab a bag of Skittles or a handful of baby carrots, whatever your preference, and settle in while we look the features over.

Wilds

When a winning line without a wild in it is removed, a wild symbol is placed in one of the centre positions of the disappearing combination. When a win occurs that has one or more wilds in it, then each wild explodes, destroying symbols adjacent to it vertically or horizontally. Wilds substitute for all regular pay symbols. When 3-5 wilds appear in a line and cannot create a winning combination with another symbol, they substitute for the highest value pay symbol.

Random Features

During a spin in the base game, one of the following modifiers may randomly trigger:

• Sugar Rush - 2 to 5 wilds appear in random positions on the reels. If there are no winning combinations, wilds continue to be randomly added until a win occurs, with up to 10 random wilds in total.
• Yeti Destroy - up to 19 random symbols are removed from the grid, causing an Avalanche guaranteed to create at least one win. In the main game, the Yeti Destroy will only occur if there are no wins on the reels.
• Candy Luck - all symbols on a random row or reel without a free spins Key scatter are transformed into low or high pay symbols, creating a win. In the base game, this will only happen if there are no wins on the grid. In Cotton Candy Lab free spins, if Candy Luck transforms symbols on a row or reel with one or more symbols participating in a win, all symbols on the row or reel are transformed into wilds.
• Pop Transform - all low-win symbols on the reels are transformed into high-pay symbols. High-pay symbols are chosen separately for each low-pay symbol.

Free Spins

A free spins Key symbol is placed in the bottom left position on each base game spin. If the Key Avalanches its way to the centre of the reels, free spins are activated when there are no more wins. The key meter increases by 1 up to 999. The key meter cannot be reduced and is saved with your account. At the start of free spins, players choose the available free spins game they want. However, each free spins game is dependent on the key meter. When the key meter has a value of 1, 4, 9, or 16, then the Wild Sugar Hub, Ice-Cream Palace, Cotton Candy Lab, or Gumball Factory are available, respectively.

• Wild Sugar Hub - 7 free spins are awarded with the Sugar Rush feature activating on each spin, after the initial spin and before the win evaluation.
• Ice-Cream Palace - 3 free spins where the Yeti Destroy feature triggers once per spin when there are no more winning combinations. At the start of each spin, a sticky wild is placed in the bottom left position, which is not destroyed by Yeti Destroy or Avalanches.
• Cotton Candy Lab - 4 free spins, which activate the Candy Luck feature at the beginning of each spin after the initial spin and before the win evaluation.
• Gumball Factory - 2 free spins, which activate the Pop Transform feature at the beginning of each spin after the initial spin and before the win evaluation.

Finn and The Candy Spin: Slot Verdict

NetEnt has been on quite a candy bender of late, popping slots like Don't Eat the Candy, 101 Candies, and now Finn and The Candy Spin. The previous two didn't exactly elicit major sugar rushes, and neither did Finn and The Candy Spin. It has got star power in the form of Finn, but the gameplay is very close to the original Finn and the Swirly Spinn, which wasn't super exciting at the time. It was charming, though, while catering to players who appreciate gentler volatility and a lengthy lineup of features, plus the spin mechanic had a novelty factor. The next one, Finn's Golden Tavern, played around with the mechanics, but Finn and The Candy Spin brings things back home, and not much has changed in the intervening years.

As a result, some might have desired more change, whereas others may be glowing warmly with the familiarity Finn and The Candy Spin brings. A lot has happened in the online gambling industry since 2017, though, such as the rise and rise of highly volatile slots, leading to categories such as 'Extreme' or 'Very High', not to mention games boasting winning potential that was unheard of back then. In short, the landscape has dramatically shifted, and one wonders where Finn and The Candy Spin fits in all this. Players who liked the original slot's gameplay will probably find this one charming too, but a question mark hangs over whether gamblers will be just as warm to Finn and The Candy Spin's winning potential, tipping the scales like a pile of dry leaves at 336x the stake.

NetEnt seems to be betting there is room in the gambling scene for more featherweight options. So, if taking on slots like Tombstone RIP or any of the other highly volatile monsters is as appealing as an arrow in the knee, then Finn and The Candy Spin could be just the thing. If not, then it might be like chewing through a massive wisp of sweet but empty cotton candy and regretting it afterward.