Peppe’s Pepperoni Pizza Plaza

Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza: Slot Overview

Pragmatic Play's partner Reel Kingdom might be well known for its enormous range of Big Bass Bonanza slots, but the studio doesn't only make fish games. It's also dabbled in Italian cuisine in the past in the form of Pizza! Pizza? Pizza, though the punchline was that slot borrowed much of its gameplay from the Big Bass behemoth, such as Money symbol collection, wild symbol collection, multiplier accrual and so forth. One dabble obviously wasn't enough for the studio as it returns with Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza, another Italian cuisine slot that borrows the bulk of its gameplay from, yep, well, you guessed it.

Visually, the situation hasn't moved on from Pizza! Pizza? Pizza! much. The active play area has been designed to look like a slice of pizza, served in a light-hearted game world that has 'Win lots of dough!' as its call to action on the home screen. The humour increases when free spins trigger and Pickle Palooza sees pickles leap from a conveyor belt as bonus round modifiers are or are not awarded. Weird, but also an appreciated change from the norm and a welcome break from fish.

Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza is played on a 2-3-4-5-6 aligned grid of symbols paying left to right in portrait mode or bottom to top in landscape mode. The game uses a ways-to-win system rather than paylines and is highly volatile. The stake range is 10 c to $/€250 per spin with an optional ante bet, which ups the stake by 50%, increasing the chance of triggering free spins. The default RTP remains at 96.55% whether opting for the ante bet, bonus buy or regular play.

Pizza toppings are the higher paying symbols, awarding players 1.5 to 3 times their stake when 5 chilli Money symbols, mushrooms, olives, leaves, or salami slices land in a win. Down from them are 10-A card ranks awarding 0.5x-1x for a 5 OAK hit. Regular Wild and Golden Wild symbols appear on the reels only during free spins. They are able to substitute for all symbols except scatters or Money symbols.

Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza: Slot Features

It's all a bit fishy in this section, as the features in Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza basically come from the likes of Big Bass Splash with certain modifications. What to look out for are Money symbols, which may be collected in free spins, free spins modifiers, and a bonus buy.

Money Symbol

The chilli pepper symbol is also the Money symbol, each one landing bearing a value of 2x to 2,000x the bet.

Free Spins

Players win 10, 15, or 20 free spins when 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols land in the base game. Before the round begins, 0 to 5 modifiers that apply to the bonus are randomly selected:

• More Money Symbols - more Money symbols are present on the reel strips during the feature.
• More Wilds - more Wilds are present on the reel strips during the feature.
• More Golden Wilds - more Golden Wilds are present on the reel strips during the feature.
• Start From Level 2 - the progressive feature begins on level 2.
• +2 Spins - the feature starts with 2 extra free spins, and 2 more spins are added to every retrigger.

Each wild that lands on a free spin collects the values from Money symbols on the screen. When the Golden Wild hits, after wins from winning combinations have been awarded, the grid increases to 6-9-12-15-18, and the Golden Wild collects any Money symbol values. New winning combinations cannot form on the expanded grid, which returns to its default size after the collection has been made.

All wild symbols that land are collected till the end of the round. Every 4th collected wild retriggers the feature, awarding +10 free spins with a multiplier for Money symbol collection. The multiplier is x2 for the first retrigger, x3 for the second retrigger, and x10 for the third retrigger. After the third retrigger, the feature cannot be retriggered again. Lastly, randomly, when there is only one wild symbol on the screen, at the end of a spin, Money symbols may appear on the grid.

Feature Buy

It is possible to pay 120x the bet to buy the free spins feature randomly triggered by 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols.

Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza: Slot Verdict

As if Reel Kingdom hadn't squeezed enough blood out of the Big Bass stone by now, it has resorted to drizzling cheese over the top and repackaging the machine as a pizza slot. And not for the first time either, as Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza follows in the greased oil steps of Pizza! Pizza? Pizza! Weird, but also not that weird given Reel Kingdom's track record of making an adjustment here, a dial shift there in order to keep sending an endless stream of Big Bass slots gushing from its studio onto players' laps.

Like going overboard with the cheese, putting yourself through yet another helping of Reel Kingdom's particular brand of gameplay might induce a session of doubled-over regurgitation and a maybe even night of bad dreams. But, let's put hate aside for a minute and dwell on the goods. Clearly, collecting Money symbols is a popular thing to do, and those keen can do so in Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza without a fish or a beardy fisherman in sight. Pickle-linked bonus round modifiers are potentially helpful as well as amusing to watch, and the whole game has a likeable, amiable nature. It's also got a 6,000x win cap, which is quite respectable considering what similarly made slots have to offer, and players have a sizeable Money symbol to chase.

Seeing Reel Kingdom do a follow-up to Pizza! Pizza? Pizza! might come as a slight surprise, but it shouldn't really be when considering who made the game. All things considered, the review went alright, and there's not much more to say other than if you like the developer's fish games and eating pizza, you might be a kick out of Peppe's Pepperoni Pizza Plaza, too.