Slashimi

Step into the doors of Play’n GO’s new sushi restaurant slot titled Slashimi. In this immersive sushi-ya experience, all the symbols appear as various sushi dishes with different ingredients. The chef and restaurant are all beautifully animated and the background is interactable which is quite fun to see. The game is played on only 3 reels with 5 rows which allow 125 payways but this number can increase up to 1000 thanks to the extra mechanics.

Speaking of which, the main mechanics of this slot are the splitting and sticky symbols. There are a lot of combinations that can be achieved to make each spin unique. The maximum payout of the game is 5000x the bet with a decent RTP score of 96.20%. Numbers aside, let us dive into the details with our Slashimi slot review.

The first thing you will notice when playing this sushi restaurant-themed slot is the reels. Play’n GO has designed the game in such a way that there are only 3 reels for simple winning ways. The setup is vertical rather than the standard 5×3 horizontal with 5 rows. This means that the winning combinations only need 3 identical symbols on the 3 reels to activate.

Land any of the paying symbols on the three separate reels and you will score a payout. There are 125 payways by default but more can be achieved by extra features which we will talk about later. The game pays left to right and multiple payways are combined.

There are 10 paying symbols in total. The 5 low-win ones look like sushi rolls with the card symbols 10-K inside of them. The 4 high-paying symbols look like various sushi dishes. Finally, the wild symbol also has a payout value and it appears as a bottle of delicious soy sauce.

The betting segment is pretty simple. Scroll through the wager options to place your bets which can be anywhere from $0.1 to $100. The maximum you can win in this game is 5000x the bet so the jackpot is $500.000. This value is complimented by a decent above-average RTP score of 96.20%.

As for payouts, the most common values you can expect are from the low-paying symbols. The maximum you can get for 3 of them in a combination is 0.1x your bet. It does not get much better for high-win symbols as the highest-paying one will get you 0.5x the bet. The wild offers the biggest payout of 1x the bet if 3 are landed.

So why are these symbol payouts so low? This is because of the splitting symbol extra mechanic for one which we will cover soon. Additionally, it is because multiple payways can be achieved during a single spin. Essentially, this means that these payouts will add up over the course of a single reel setup.

The Slashimi slot by Play’n GO has the quality over quantity philosophy for special mechanics. There are essentially only two extra features that combine with each other for great payouts, not counting the free spins. They are as follows:

• Two For One – This is the crucial mechanic of the Slashimi slot. At the beginning of each spin, the chef will choose a random symbol. If that symbol lands during the spin, the chef will slice it and the symbol will split into two. This adds additional payways to the reels up to a maximum of 1000.
• Free Spins – Landing 3 wasabi scatter symbols triggers 4 free spins. Landing additional wasabi symbols in the free spins grants extra spins.
• Sticky Symbols – At the beginning of free spins, the player can choose the symbol for the Two For One feature from the menu. This symbol will not only then split when it lands but also stick to the board throughout the free spins mode.

The Two For One feature coupled with the fact that multiple payway wins are combined can mean great payouts. The maximum overall win is 5000x the bet.