Christmas has reached the jungle in Kong It Up! Large Christmas. Snow caps the treehouse roofs, and vines wrapped in holly frame the green reels. Kong himself grins from the last column with a Santa hat, blue fur and huge teeth. You begin on a 1.00 stake with 1,000.00 on the meter.
Theme and Gameplay
A wrapped gold gift, a pair of gingerbread men and bow-tied candy canes lead the pack, with frosted letters underneath. Five Kongs return 20.00 at the opening stake, five gifts 15.00 and five gingerbread pairs 10.00.
Slot Features
Bananas land on reels 1 to 4 carrying x1, x2 or x5, but they only pay when a Collect or Bonus Collect symbol shows on reel 5. Big Cash Bananas may also spin over the reels with x10, x20, x30, x50, x75 or x100, and a collector awards that value too.
Each Banana that lands adds to the Banana Pile, and each one might enlarge the heap or release the Kong Wheel Bonus. Kong can also step in at random, toss one more Banana on the pile and trigger it. That main wheel can give free spins, a Mini, Minor or Major pot, or an Upgrade Wheel. The Upgrade holds the two special rounds and the Grand pot.
All three bonuses give 8 Free Spins, and you can also enter the standard Cash Bank round with 4 or more Cash symbols plus a Bonus Collect. Tokens on reels 1 to 4 fill pot meters needing 3, 4, 5 or 6 of a kind, and these can pay more than once per bonus. During any round, the wheel can add Extra Free Spins or a Major or Grand pot. The Double Collect round puts collectors on reel 1 as well as reel 5, with Bananas available on every reel. In Golden Banana Free Spins, each Banana turns golden and Big, worth at least x10.
Fortune Spins swaps in a reel set of Bananas, blanks and collectors, with values running from x1 to x100. Fortune Bet costs 1.5x stake and makes Kong Wheels more frequent, with awards staying tied to the base stake. Bonus Buy lists the Kong Wheel Bonus, Golden Banana, Double Collect and a Mystery option that picks one of the three free spin rounds at random.
The Gamble can stay off, run on every win, or appear only from 5x stake. Its left wheel targets an extra third, twice or three times the amount. Its right wheel chases Cash Bank, Double Collect or Golden Banana, the highest it can reach. Red costs you the win, and a successful gamble stops at 2,500x base stake or 250,000.00, whichever is lower.
RTP and Win Potential
With 1000x base bet on the Grand pot, the upside lives mainly in collection and tokens. Segment sizes on the wheels are visual only and don’t show your odds.
My Thoughts On This Slot
Kong’s Banana toss is the touch I enjoy, giving the character a real job. Still, with so many menus and modes, this one takes patience to learn.
