Luchamigos

Luchamigos: Slot Overview

There are certain things which reappear on a regular basis in slots that, when you stop for a moment to reflect on them, are kind of surprising they got so popular. One is the Mexican form of wrestling, lucha libre; another is red hot chilli peppers, the food, not the American band. However, these two things managed to achieve lasting appeal, they've both been squeezed into Luchamigos from developer Play'n GO. If one hot topic is good, then two must be absolutely scorching, right? Only one way to answer that supposition.

One of the reasons casino game makers return to the lucha libre ring must be because it gives them a chance to turn up the contrast, use a brighter palette, and get a bit wilder and crazier than usual. The sport, if it can be classed as such, is full of big characters, and three of them top rope dive their way into Luchamigos. They are Gran Chico, Roco Elastico, and Muchas Salvajes, better known as the Amigo Wilds. They share the screen with an outdoor wrestling ring set south of the Rio Grande, replete with a cheering audience, a commentator's table, and neat pastel-coloured buildings. It's not the most rambunctious-looking lucha libre slot around, but it's got enough moxie to encourage a dip in the ring to see what's up. A boisterous mariachi meets ska soundtrack helps, too.

For those who would rather spectate than pull on a pair of those stretchy pants wrestlers wear can enjoy the show from a distance by picking a stake of 10 p/c to $/€100 per spin. Hitting the play button sets the 5-reel, 4-row gaming panel in motion, which is equipped with 1,024 ways to win. Hit matching symbols over at least 3 adjacent reels starting from the leftmost side of the grid to create a winning way. With a maximum RTP of roughly 96%, players can expect to take on a math model of medium-high volatility.

Now for the paytable, where we find clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades as Luchamigos' low pay symbols, then a glove, trunks, boots, and belt as its highs. Landing a 5-of-a-kind winning way awards 0.3 to 0.5 times the bet for the card rank lows or 1.5 to 12 times the bet for five of the premium wrestling object highs. Regular wilds appear on all reels and substitute for any pay symbol. When making wins of wilds, they have the same value as the top-paying belt symbol.

Luchamigos: Slot Features

As well as regular wilds, Luchamigos comes with Amigo Wilds, which, when combined with a Power Chile symbol, trigger 1 of 3 Hot Amigo features. Amigo Wilds also substitute for any regular pay symbol. The 3 possible Hot Amigos features are:

• Gran Chico – creates a 2x2 sized mega wild.
• Roco Elastico – creates a wild stack.
• Muchos Salvajes – creates 4 random wilds.

Power Chile Spins

Landing 3 Power Chile symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 awards 7 free spins. In free spins, Hot Amigo features can be triggered without the need for a Power Chile. Also, landing Hot Amigo wilds progresses the Chile Meter. Reaching the +2 on the Chile Meter awards an additional +2 free spins, up to a maximum of 15 free spins.

When reaching fire icons on the Chile Meter, the Hot Spin is triggered. The Hot Spin awards a guaranteed win while activating 1 of the 3 Hot Amigo features. If the full Chile Meter is completed, an Ultimate Hot Spin is awarded after the free spins have ended. This one also guarantees a win and activates 1 of 3 Hot Amigo features 'in their strongest ability.' This means a 2x3 wild from Gran Chico, Roco Elastico creating 2 stacked wilds, or Muchos Salvajes creating 6 random wilds.

Luchamigos: Slot Verdict

One of the greatest luchadores of all time, if not the greatest, has got to be Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, aka El Santo. El Santo wrestled for nearly 50 years and starred in over 50 films, apparently becoming something of a folk hero in the process. A sort of Mexican Robin Hood with a cool mask. Something tells us Luchamigos might not go on to become a champion of the people for the next five decades, but as far as a lucha libre on the reels experience goes, it's not a bad one. It's got spirit, and, importantly, it's got three high flyers bounding about a ring with plenty of ¡Arriba! attitude.

The gaming side of Luchamigos consists largely of attempting to ram as many wild symbols onto the reels as possible. It can be kinda confusing to see why chilli peppers are so prominent at first. But if you think of them like Popeye downing a can of spinach to get all strong, they make a bit more sense. More wholesome than just chucking steroids in there, which is apparently what many pro wrestlers allegedly used to achieve a pump. And so, wrestlers popping peppers is what gives Luchamigos' base game a jolt every now and then as the resulting wilds are added to the screen. Better still in free spins since peppers aren't even needed for the Amigo Wild symbols to pop their modifiers – and get collected in the process. After a playthrough, even reaching the final Ultimate Hot Spin, it was a little hard to see Luchamigos going on to achieve its 10,000x the bet max potential, yet the high number of ways may help.

But hey, that's the impressive number Luchamigos dangles as its top prize, and we're not disputing the figure. The game has a number of features at its disposal it can trigger to assist players in achieving some level of greatness, when all is going well. Plus, the accompanying boisterous atmosphere and colourful characters make Luchamigos an exciting proposal for players into this sort of thing.