Cup Carnaval

Cup Carnaval Slot Facts

The Cup Carnaval slot is a five-reel and three-row online slot machine with 25 paylines from Eyecon with a maximum payout of 3000x your bet.

This is a high variance slot with a Return to Player (RTP%) of 94.9% with scatters, wilds, expanding wilds (in the bonus) and free spins that re-trigger. It is themed on a Brazilian World Cup Fiesta!

“Em cinco oito foi Pelé!”, as they say in Brazil (“In ’58 it was Pele!”)

Intro

Those smart blokes at Eyecon Gaming (the people behind the Hold the Safe slot and Fluffy Favourites slot) have found a way to virtually teleport this sun-loving marsupial over to Brazil with their Cup Carnaval slot.

So – join me for a heady cocktail of up to 400 Free Spins, triple Multipliers and sticky Wilds- and yes and of course, a good dose of footie, samba and sunshine!

Look and Feel

Screenshot

Now, I know as well as the next wombat that Rio’s carnival is something of a spectacular occasion. Isn’t this the time when the streets are full of pneumatic dancing and the intoxicating rhythms of samba music?

So I have to admit that I was pretty disappointed by the slightly flat graphics that Eyecon has created for this celebration of all things Brazilian.  And the sound effects that provide the background to your gameplay are also very basic. They could have gone to town on this one!

To make up for this shortcoming, there is a quick piece of samba-style drumming which you hear when you land the Scatter, but there could surely be a bit more of the fun stuff! The gameplay makes up for it though…..

Cup Carnaval Slot Game Play

The Cup Carnaval slot is a 25 payline game for fans of samba and football. That’s a full 15 lines more than Play’n GO’s Ghost of Dead slot! That’s pretty standard for Eyecon.

So while this game is a bit of a letdown on look and feel it does come up far better on gameplay.

To make a line win, you will need to land some high-scoring symbols. The most valuable icon is the party rocket (land five on an active payline and win 3,000 coins).

Next up there are a pair of party horns, a football foot in motion and a pair of hands catching a ball. The lower value icons are the Ace through 9 of the card deck in coloured letters.

The game’s Wild is a football in the national team’s yellow and green strip but this icon only crops up on reels 1, 3 and 5. The Wild substitutes for all icons except the Scatter but it also rewards you with a triple multiplier if the Wild is part of a winning combination.

The Scatter is one of the more notable icons as it can be animated and is a sultry samba dancer done up in a traditional feather costume.

The Bonus

Free Spins feature
If the gods of football are smiling on you and you manage to land three, four or even five of that Samba Scatter, you will trigger 15, 20 or 25 Free Spins respectively. Landing a trio of further Scatters during the game will earn you yet more Free Spins.

And you can fill your boots as long as you keep on landing the Scatters. You can re-trigger up to a maximum of 15 times- rewarding you with a potential 400 Free Spins.

During this mode, any Wilds that land will expand to cover a whole reel which should help you make up more winning combos.

Cup Carnaval comes with a Gamble feature where you choose between two choices, then double your wins or lose all your winnings. Remember to play carefully with this feature.

Conclusion

The Cup Carnaval slot was a bit of a letdown for me in the looks department but this one failing is more than made up for in its gameplay.

Eyecon’s Brazilian escapade looks a lot better when you add the potential 400 Free Spins into the mix as well as the expanding Wilds and that triple Multiplier. This slot is a higher variance game for those of you who like a stat or two.

If you like this game why not try the Jackpot slot version, Cup Carnaval Jackpot from Eyecon.

Wombat Score: 3.7/5