The Chinese New Year is approaching and Pragmatic Play software knows it! That's why on January 23, 2020 the Money Mouse™ game of chance was released. Themed around the Chinese holiday with all the symbology that goes with it, the red and gold colours, the lucky charms and our friendly little mouse who will take us through Lucky Lantern Respin, Blazin' Reels Free Spins, and jackpots to give us the most incredible wins ever.
This year it's Yin, a pudgy little mouse who will be in charge of ringing the 12 gongs to announce the Chinese New Year. This is quite a feat for her parents as it is not given to everyone. But this year Yin tried her best to be in the first place, but when the grand master of the mice told her the news she couldn't believe it!
Normally it is male mice that ring the gong that night. But there was something special about Yin (Money Mouse™ wild symbol) that had decided her Sen Sei to appoint her to this vital task for all Chinese mice in the world. It was a magic gong that only Chinese mice could hear and that was all over the world and on New Year's Eve, at midnight the gong had to be sounded twelve times to augur an excellent year.
Yin's mother knew from birth that she was special. She was not like her brothers and sisters. There was something magical about her. Everyone who came near her breathed in her happiness and joy of life, which she was able to transmit so well. And her Sen Sei understood this perfectly. That's why he had appointed her to ring the Chinese New Year gong.
But not everyone agreed on the choice of the Sen Sei of the mice, and this decision led to much jealousy. But finally the evening of the New Year arrived. Little Yin as usual had spread her good mood to everyone. They waited impatiently for the gong to sound. She was really pretty. She was dressed in red and gold, as was the custom, with a costume made for her by her mother. And the moment of ringing the gong arrived, it was a success for Yin the little chubby mouse!
Money Mouse™ features and game mechanics.
All Money Mouse™ game symbols win from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. The mouse symbol is a wild and will substitute for all Scatter and Money symbols. The scatter, the tree of fortune will only appear on reels 1, 3 and 5.
Three fortune tree symbols trigger 5 free games in the Money Mouse™ slot game. During the free games, reels 2, 3 and 4 spin together as one giant symbol. 3 additional free games are awarded during the sequence every time 3 fortune trees appear. There will be no limit.
During the free spins round special reels are put into play. The money symbol represented by the red paper lantern. It will be present on all reels. During each game, the money symbol will take a random value from a predefined set, or values from the Money Mouse™ Minor Jackpot or Grand Jackpot.
If 6 or more money symbols are obtained they will trigger the Money Respin sequence. The Lucky Lantern Respin of the Money Mouse™ game of chance begins once all combinations for the lines are paid. The normal symbols fade away and only the lantern symbols that triggered the respins remain.
The normal Money Mouse™ reels are replaced by special reels containing only lantern symbols and blanks. The player will start with 3 respins. All lantern symbols obtained after each respin remain on the screen until the end of the game.
Each time at least one lantern symbol in the Money Mouse™ game of chance is rolled the number of respins is reduced to 3. The game continues until the respins are completed or all positions on the screen are filled with lantern symbols. Once the Money respins are completed the values of all the lantern symbols are added up and the game pays the Total Sum.
If all 15 positions are filled, the player will also win the Grand Jackpot. Money Mouse™ Lucky Lantern Respin will also be available during the free games. All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines. Free games and bonus wins are added to payline wins. All wins are multiplied by the line bet. Only the highest win on each line will be paid.
Money Mouse™ slot machine review.
On the doorstep of the Chinese New Year, January 23, 2020, Pragmatic Play software offers us a slot game, Money Mouse™, that will be aimed more at fans of Asian-themed games. A 5×3 reels Pragmatic Play slot with wilds, scaters, respins, free spins that can allow the player to be able to win one of the three jackpots on offer.
The interface and the soundtrack leave no doubt as to where the player is. A red base colour and golden symbols do not deceive, as do the symbols: the lanterns, the dragon, the drums, the firecrackers, the lucky oranges, the lucky money tree. In short, everything is there to let us know what is going to happen!
It's a simple casino game, with no complications, no extraordinary features but respins and free spins! If the player is lucky and fills all 15 squares with the lantern symbol, they can win one of the jackpots that are on offer. But it's not going to be easy. The return to the player is 96% and the volatility average. This is in line with the games of the Pragmaric Play software, which is why it offers so many currencies to play in the demo.
The player has the possibility to play for a long time in free mode to see if the machine is what he is looking for. It's true that you'll have to be a little patient to see the features kick in and sometimes that can be a handicap, but after that Pragmatic Play software still doesn't do too badly.
The Money Mouse™ game looks quite similar to Wolf Gold™, with similar features, reels that join to spin together to make giant symbols, respins, free spins and Jackpots waiting to be triggered. It seems that the software has copied the template of this game to release Money Mouse™, with a different theme but the similarity in features is impressive.
The player will be able to bet from £0.25 to £125. This leaves more than enough room for players who do not have a huge budget or for those who are experts. Those who know that the higher they bet, the bigger the payout if they are lucky. But not everyone is allowed to do this, and Pragmatic Play knows this, which is why the betting range is so wide.
