Kong Even More Money

Kong Even More Money Slot

Blueprint Gaming has packed an enormous number of cash-collect mechanics into Kong Even More Money, but the name also highlights the obvious problem - this is yet another entry in a Kong series that has already been stretched across numerous releases. The familiar cartoon ape, colourful cash prizes and collection mechanics all return, only this time the feature list has grown substantially. For existing fans there is certainly more to chase, even if the franchise itself is becoming increasingly difficult to get excited about.

The game uses a traditional 5x3 layout with 10 fixed paylines and stakes from €0.10 to €25. Cash Prize symbols can carry values reaching 1,000x the bet, while the overall ceiling is 10,000x. Unfortunately, the RTP is only 94%. Several random Kong's Cash Modifiers can interrupt the base game, including Bonus Boost, Kong Win Spin, Kong Add, Super Collect and Collect Add. Depending on the modifier, these can add Bonus or Cash Prize symbols, guarantee wins, fill reels with prizes or immediately collect values already in view.

Regular Collect symbols appear on reel 5 and expand across the entire reel when activated, gathering the visible Cash Prizes. Enhanced Collects build on this in different ways. Add Collect introduces up to 10 additional prizes, while Boost Collect increases existing values. Rush Collect holds the relevant positions and converts them into Cash Reels that continue spinning until they land pips, while Colossal Collect gathers the current prizes before using an oversized reel across reels 1-4 to potentially increase the collected total up to five times. Cash Climbers add another possibility, using three spinning totems to move up a prize ladder for as long as Kong heads continue appearing.

Much of the progression comes from three Kong Pots. Red, Blue and Green Bonus Scatters feed their respective pots, while gemstones improve their levels. Red can add as many as three extra rows to the bonus, Blue introduces Cash Multipliers reaching x4, and Green progresses through additional Cash Prizes, Cashpot symbols and further level-up symbols. More than one Pot upgrade can be active simultaneously, allowing their effects to combine once the main feature begins.

Three or more Bonus Scatters trigger the Even More Money Bonus with 3 spins and an initial 2x2 Collect area. Cash Prizes landing inside this zone are collected, while Crown symbols reset the counter to 3 and gradually expand the active area. Five Crowns increase it to 3x3, 9 to 4x4 and 12 to 5x5. With the appropriate Pot upgrades, further milestones can push the grid through 6x5 and 7x5 before reaching a maximum 8x5 Collect area after 21 Crowns. Crowns can also activate Pot upgrades that weren't carried into the bonus, while already active Pots can potentially provide additional spins.

There's no shortage of content in Kong Even More Money. Rush and Colossal Collects provide some welcome variation in the base game, while the combination of Pot upgrades and an expanding Collect area gives the bonus considerably more progression than a basic Hold & Win. The problem is that Blueprint has built all of this on top of an increasingly overused Kong cash-collect formula, and the 94% RTP is particularly difficult to overlook. A 10,000x ceiling and Cash Prizes reaching 1,000x provide respectable potential, but this feels less like a fresh direction for the series and more like Blueprint piling even more mechanics onto a franchise that was already crowded.