The third installment in the Staxx series, Strolling Staxx puts that iconic NetEnt animation to work in a juicy, video game-style slot. Following in the footsteps of Neon Staxx and Butterfly Staxx, this video slot employs a familiar game mechanic to its predecessors but a completely different visual theme. While the former were all about groovy 70s graphics and colourful butterflies respectively, Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits is more reminiscent of a classic video arcade game.
Like the rest of the Staxx trilogy, Strolling Staxx is a colourful NetEnt game with gameplay that is engaging and easy to understand.
Pros
Cute, cartoon-like visual design
Video game-inspired theme
Mobile friendly
Cons
No jackpot
Simple features may not appeal to some players
We are treated to all kinds of fruits, drawn in cubic shapes for an extra dose of whimsy. With a soundtrack that brings to mind those addictive platform games like Super Mario and Donkey Kong, Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits sets the scene for fun, jovial gameplay.
Also like its Staxx siblings, Strolling Staxx employs a novel yet simple payout mechanism that is both easy to understand and exciting to watch. Let’s take a look at how all these elements come together in Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits.
Release date: 03.01.2019
Game: Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits
Game provider: NetEnt
Number of reels, rows and paylines: 5 reels, 3 rows, 10 paylines
Bet levels: £0.10 to £300
Maximum win: 5,000 coins on a single betline
Special features: Wilds, Colossal symbols, Bonus Bet, Re-Spins
Jackpot: No
Mobile: Yes
Return to player: 95.95% – 95.98%
Variance: Medium
Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits bonus features
They may be a little more … square-shaped than you’d expect but the juicy symbols on Strolling Staxx look like they could make up your 5-a-day! We can see lemons, watermelons, strawberries, plums and cherries on these reels, which gives us a hankering for a smoothie.
The A, K, Q, and J royal suit symbols appear as wooden icons and these are the low-value symbols in this game. The fruit symbols are more generous, with the watermelon symbol being the most valuable. It will pay out 33x the initial stake when 5 appear on a payline.
With its background of cube-shaped trees, Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruit is certainly eye-catching. But what about the features? Read on to find out more.
Wilds
The golden ‘W’ is the Wild symbol on Strolling Staxx. It can substitute for any other symbol, including the high-value watermelon cubic fruit.
Colossal symbols
All symbols on Strolling Staxx can appear in one of three ways. As single symbols, in 2×3 groups or as 3×3 Colossal symbols, which occupy 9 reel positions at once. Colossal symbols can show up on the reels fully or partially.
Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits Bonus Bet
The Bonus Bet feature can be activated by the player at any time via the button directly adjacent to the Max Bet button. This will change the bet level to 15 coins.
The Bonus Bet button also activates the Extra Chance feature. This takes effect when the Re-Spins rounds are triggered and means that the player has an increased chance of landing 3×3 symbol groups, fully or partially, on the reels.
Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits Free Spins
There is no free spins feature in Strolling Staxx but, like the other games in the Staxx trilogy, it offers re-spins instead. In the lower left-hand corner, you will see a wooden signpost with a particular fruit symbol on it. If one or more reels are covered by the same symbol i.e. fully stacked, the Re-Spin feature is activated.
When this happens, the stack or stacks of symbols, as well as any connected symbols, will shift one reel to the left on every spin. This process will continue until all the stacks disappear from the leftmost reel. The feature can be re-activated if more stacks appear on the reels during re-spins.
Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits jackpot
Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits does not offer a jackpot. It does, however, have a maximum win of 5,000 per betline, so with 10 betlines available, players are looking at some pretty significant theoretical wins on these reels.
RTP
Players will notice that the RTP for this NetEnt slot is not a single number but a small range of 95.55% to 95.58%. Falling within the average range for slots of this type, the potential variation is down to the Bonus Bet feature, which raises the bet level while also slightly raising the potential returns.
Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits Mobile
Through the NetEnt Touch platform, Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits is fully mobile compatible. Enjoy this game on your iPhone, iPad or Android devices, wherever you like to play.
