Wacky Panda Power Combo

Slingshot Studios built Wacky Panda Power Combo as the follow-up to a 2017 release that Microgaming made back when the publisher traded under that name, now credited to Games Global. The original had no gameplay extras at all; this version adds a layered set of them, and the Power Combo part of the title refers to how several modifiers can be active together.

The frame stays small. Three reels and a single payline decide the base game wins, with a kawaii look: an Asian garden of tall bamboo populated by cute characters wearing exaggerated expressions. Stakes go from 0.01 to 25. The main RTP is 96% on a high-volatility model, and two lower-return versions exist that operators may use instead. Hit frequency is 9.25%, and the top prize is 9,674x the stake.

Symbol values are shown beside the reels. Grapes, bananas and watermelons share the paytable with five character symbols, and combinations pay between 20x and 1,000x the stake. The best symbol also rewards a partial line: 5x for one and 15x for two.

Hyperspins is the first extra. During the base game a player can respin any single reel to try for a fresh win, paying 5x the bet each time, and the same reel can be respun repeatedly.

Link&Win is the main bonus. Collecting one or more special symbols on the reels, namely Connector, Collector or Jackpot, can start it, and between one and three of those features go live depending on what was gathered. The round gives 3 respins on a 5x5 grid where coins land, and every new coin resets the count to 3. Connector steps up through a series of multipliers from x2 to x15 each time five Cash Coins form a straight line, horizontally, vertically or along a diagonal corner to corner. Collector coins gather the total of the cash values already on the board. Jackpot coins pay once four of the same kind have landed: Mini is 15x, Minor 50x, Major 500x and Grand 2,500x.

Upsizer lets a player pay to strengthen the active Link&Win features once the round has been triggered. The bonus can also be bought directly, at 50x the bet with one feature active, 90x with two and 180x with three.

The overall shape is a one-line classic reel with its extras concentrated in the coin grid.