Colossal Pinatas – Spinata Grande

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NetEnt’s Colossal Pinatas – Spinata Grande slot,  is a 50 pay-line online slot set amongst the iconic white adobe houses of Mexico. We love a good toon game like the Hot as Hades slot, and this one is right up there.

The Basics

Colossal Pinatas – Spinata Grande slot is a based on the Mexican birthday  tradition  of smashing open a papier-mache animal to reveal the secret treats within. Have you never been to a Mexican kid’s birthday party before?

The game’s title gives us a clue as to what to expect, of course. This is a slot played with the potential to land some massive icons that can come as large as a 2x 2 or ridiculously massive  3 x 3 tiles large,

The Graphics

Those geniuses at NetEnt have pulled out all the stops with this fiesta of a slot, with a rainbow of colours and picture perfect graphics to entice you into the warmth and the party atmosphere of Mexico. These visuals certainly blow away more simple fare like the Valhalla slot with all their gizmos. Very entertaining!

The reels are set against a dusty street with houses and paper decorations festooning the vista – we’re here for a party, expect things to get a little bit crazy!

There’s some traditional mariachi style Mexican music in the background to get you in the mood. Listen out for those yelps of joy when you land a win- and lots of ticker tape.

Spinata Grande Slot Game Play

The giant piñata action takes place over 3 rows, 5 reels and 40 pay-lines. That´s double the amount on the Golden Grimoire slot – another Net Ent title. This game is medium to high variance number.

Four oversized piñata models of a charging red bull, a comical pink donkey, a perky parrot and a hat-wearing fish are the big boys in the values stakes- these icons are where there’s money to be made and they are key to triggering the bonus feature.

The lower value symbols of the game are the Ace through 10 of the card deck in bright colours, and even these can come in that colossal size!

The game’s Wild, which is only on show during the bonus feature, is a manic Day of the Dead style skull which is central to the free spins game, and in that mode substitutes for all icons except those colossal symbols.

There is also an unusual Bonus icon to watch out for, and this comes only in the colossal format, as a 2×2 or 3×3 icon – this is a moustachioed slot machine wearing a sombrero hat. Crazy times!

In the bonus mini game you need to watch out for a papier-mache star which will give you free spins, and a similar icon with Extra Spin written on it to help you along the way.

The Bonus

Land the whole (or part of) the colossal bonus icon to activate the bonus game.

You’ll  see the icon smashed, in the manner of a piñata, becoming 3, 6 or 9 bonus game icons, depending on the size of the bonus icon you landed. That should get you some wins in the bag. Each new icon will award you with one of three coin icons worth between 20 and 80 coins, a free spin, or an extra spin.

During the bonus game not every icons appears in colossal size (but those that do are the big 3×3 size.) You should see the four piñatas as well as the bonus icon and the wild.

Free spins are activated in the bonus game by landing the free spins star, land three of these icons and gain 5 free spins. J just one more star falling onto the reels will gift you another free spin.

The Monkey Verdict

NetEnt’s Colossal Pinatas – Spinata Grande slot is a breath of fresh air. I love the Mexican fiesta atmosphere and the big symbols: the colossal piñatas.

4 out of 5 bananas.