Piñata Popper Dream Drop

Piñata Popper Dream Drop: Slot Overview

What could be better than being a kid at a party, hitting a piñata with all of your might and having sweets pour forth from it? How about being an adult and being sprayed in the face with one of the biggest progressive jackpots on the planet? This is the ideal outcome of playing Piñata Popper Dream Drop from developer Relax Gaming. In this game, players attempt to harness the power of the piñata to trigger re-spins and experience free spins in both a Dream Drop as well as a non-Dream Drop version.

Some of the game sheet info accompanying Piñata Popper Dream Drop was a little cringy, so it's probably best we share; 'Grab a margarita and climb to the roof tops of Mexico City for a journey that could land you at the foot of the ancient chichen itza. Taco in hand and tequila in tow, you create winning clusters each time 5 or more matching symbols land.' Kinda like going to France and eating French Fries, with some French Toast with a bit of French Dressing on the side. But still, it's all in the name of fun, and Piñata Popper Dream Drop packs in plenty of party spirit as its base game takes in a glorious view of Mexico City's rooftops before heading to the pre-Columbian city of Chichen Itza for the bonus round. Along the way, a selection of playfully animated piñatas appears in the form of skulls, referencing the Day of the Dead in the base game and the bonus round.

If you're playing the Dream Drop version, Piñata Popper Dream Drop comes with a return to player value of 94%, rising to 96.15% for the non-DD one. Highly volatile, both versions take bets of 20 p/c to $/€100 per spin. Though, keep in mind, when playing Piñata Popper Dream Drop, the bigger the bet, the greater the chance of getting a jackpot one is. The actual popping occurs on a 7x7 gaming panel, where wins are created when clusters of 5 or more matching symbols land. Winning symbols must be connected vertically or horizontally to each other.

Heading over to the paytable, margarita in hand naturally, we find 8 matching pay symbols. On the lower side are card suits – clubs, spades, diamonds, and hearts, then on the high side is a taco, a bottle of tequila, a sombrero, and a flaming chilli pepper. Hitting a 5 symbol winning cluster awards 0.1 to 1 times the bet, up to 200-1,000x the bet for a 45+ sized cluster win. Piñata Popper Dream Drop does not have wild symbols helping link wins, but there is a selection of piñata symbols helping to augment the action.

Piñata Popper Dream Drop: Slot Features

When one or more piñata symbols land, they trigger a respin and are held in place. Respins continue as long as piñatas carry on landing. A final spin is awarded once respins have ended. Before the reels come to a stop, piñatas present explode, revealing a symbol type in all positions marked around them:

• Blue Piñata – reveals symbols in diagonal positions.
• Green Piñata – reveals symbols in horizontal and vertical positions.
• Red Piñata – reveals symbols all around it.
• Orange Piñata – reveals a multiplier of x2 to x5. Orange Piñatas only appear in the bonus game.

Bonus Game

Collecting 3 'B' scatter symbols in a round triggers the bonus game. Scatter symbols may land on reels 3, 4, and 5 but do not land in the bonus round. Once in, 3 spins are awarded where only blanks or piñatas may land. Every time a piñata lands, it locks in place, and the spin counter resets to 3. Once the spin count ends, all piñatas in view explode to reveal symbols in their patterns, and new symbols spin in for a final spin. A +1 multiplier is awarded for each symbol position that has an overlapping piñata pattern. All multiplier values displayed are added together and applied to the total win of the round. In the non-DD Piñata Popper, players are able to buy the bonus game for 70 times the bet.

Dream Drop Bonus

The Dream Drop Bonus can trigger at random before any normal spin. When it does, players are presented with 15 symbols which they click one at a time. When 3 of the same jackpots are revealed, the corresponding prize is awarded. The five jackpots are the Rapid, Midi, Maxi, Major, and Mega, with starting values of €1, €5, €100, €25,000, or €500,000, respectively.

Piñata Popper Dream Drop: Slot Verdict

Piñata Popper Dream Drop goes to show why casino game makers seem to have a soft spot for Mexican culture and the Day of the Dead celebration. The sights, sounds, and spirit the festival is able to lend are infectious and make it that bit harder to dislike a slot, even if the rest of it is a bit naff. However, Relax Gaming aren't in the habit of releasing naff slots, and Piñata Popper Dream Drop is another playable example bearing a number of smart, entertaining features. This applies whether players are having a go at the non-DD Piñata Popper, whereas the jackpots add another layer of desirability to the Piñata Popper Dream Drop edition.

It's funny, in saying all that, the last time Relax Gaming went all Day of the Dead in Los Cuatro Esqueletos, the results were less than stellar, so let's just look the other way for now. Piñata Popper Dream Drop, fortunately, goes in the other direction, possessing gaming mechanics which are both smart and exciting. The bonus round, for example, brought back memories of Wild Chapo and Wild Chapo 2, where you want to build up as many goodies as possible and unleash them all on the final spin, where anything can happen, both good and not so good. In the case of Piñata Popper Dream Drop, it means landing piñatas, hopefully overlapping symbols to jack the multiplier value, and hoping that a whole lot of matching symbols connect on the final spin.

At best, non-jackpot wins of up to 10,000 times the stake are up for grabs should the piñatas be popping like there's no tomorrow, and the upper-level cluster wins have some decent values to them. All in all, whether choosing the jackpot version or not, Piñata Popper Dream Drop delivers a festive Day of the Dead spirit alongside an equally lively set of features.