Spice Spice Baby!

Spice Spice Baby: Slot Overview

Nineties people, here's one for you, software provider Play'n GO has evoked the spirit of rapper Vanilla Ice's mega 1990 hit Ice Ice Baby and poured it into designing the online slot Spice Spice Baby. Well, the titles sound the same. There is no cruising in a 5.0 with the top down in this game. Instead, this is a slot about one of online gambling's favourite food flavourings, chillies. It's also a game about hold 'n' wins; there are two of those, cash prizes, and jackpots.

But first, the chilis and there are loads of them piled up at the bottom of the screen beneath the reels. Above them, in the background, is a brick wall decorated with skull imagery, Day of the Dead style. Four jackpots sit below the Chili Bowl, which is an important part of the game, advertising what may be won should the spicing go according to plan. Spice Spice Baby has a certain amount of juiciness to go with the Mexican overtones, though it's also quite what you see is what you get, serving more of a blunt flavour attack than subtle palate teasers.

One of the largest screen components is a 5x3 layout, where 243 ways are available to create winning combinations of pay symbols. Rated 6 out of 10, Spice Spice Baby is medium volatile, with a max RTP of 96.18% and a stake range of $/€0.10 to $/€100.

Flourishing 10-A card ranks are the low pays, while four chilis are the highs. Hitting 5 matching symbols pays 0.5x to 9x the stake. Wilds may land on all reels in the base game. Wilds substitute for all symbols except the scatter, and they may trigger the Wild Fire Bonus feature.

Spice Spice Baby: Slot Features

In this section, Spice Spice Baby chops up a Chili Bowl, Wild Fire Bonus, as well as a Burn, Baby, Earn! bonus with Multiplier Wheels.

Chili Bowl

The Chili Bowl always collects wild symbols when they land. The Wild Fire Bonus is randomly triggered when wilds are collected in this way, though it will not trigger if wilds and scatters land on the same spin.

Wild Fire Bonus

When activated, 3 respins start the round. Each triggering wild becomes a Cash Prize. Only Cash Prize symbols and Bonus Prize symbols appear. Each prize symbol that lands resets the spin count. Prize symbols stick in place till the feature ends. It ends when spins run out, or all positions are filled, then their values are paid. Cash Prizes are worth 2x to 5x the bet, while Bonus Prizes are the 20x Mini, 50x Minor, or the 500x Major - one of these may be won in this feature. The 5,000x Grand Prize is won when all 15 positions are filled during the Wild Fire Bonus.

Burn, Baby, Earn! Multiplier Wheels

Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatters unlocks 1, 2, or 3 wheels, respectively, and triggers the Burn, Baby, Earn! round. Each active wheel reveals a multiplier of x2 to x10.

Burn, Baby, Earn! Gameplay

This round starts with 3 respins, landing only Cash Prizes worth 2x-10x and Bonus Prizes. Symbols stick, and new ones reset the spin count. Up to two Bonus Prizes can be won (Mini, Minor, Major), but not two of the same prize. The round ends when respins run out or all positions are filled. The Grand Prize is awarded if the grid is filled.

Spice Spice Baby: Slot Verdict

Two spices in the title and two hold 'n' win rounds in the game. A little odd, Play'n GO did it that way. It's unusual to have such closely functioning bonus rounds like that paired together. Hold 'n' win and a free spins round, sure, but hey, it's something different. There are differences between the two bonus features as well, technicalities perhaps, yet potentially significant enough to produce rather different results. Well, the Grand prize can be won in both bonus features, but outside of scooping that, there is room for each bonus to manoeuvre in its own way, to a point.

Burn, Baby, Earn! is clearly the hotter of the two. Cash Prizes have greater upper values, two Bonus Prizes can be won, and getting up to three Multiplier Wheels may have a huge effect as well. Some may be wondering why Play'n GO decided to divide the RTP in this way, rather than just ram it all through a single chunkier bonus round. Perhaps it's a pacing issue. By dividing the action between random base game triggers and hitting scatters, dead spins possibly feel less lifeless, as each wild causes a little hit of suspense. Some gamblers may prefer having the Wild Fire Bonus as an entree before the main course, Burn, Baby, Earn! is served. Should both occur.

To sum up, Spice Spice Baby gives jackpot/hold 'n' win fanatics a tangy alternative to choose, not that the list of choices was a short one. There's a certain amount of heat to be found here, to go with winning potential of 6,000x the bet, but Spice Spice Baby wasn't a dish that inspired a second helping.