KokeshiPop

There's little doubt AvatarUX has honed its artistic chops as the PopWins range has progressed. Not saying the earlier slots were not lookers or anything like that, but a level of refinement has seeped into its later releases which make them a delight to behold. KokeshiPop continues the trend and is another example of the eye-catching artwork AvatarUX is busily using as it expands its portfolio. Asian-themed slots often feel quite specialised, broadly speaking, but using a unique style like the one used here helps push KokeshiPop closer to the mainstream, opening up the door for more general consumption. And when consuming KokeshiPop, what can players expect to find? During testing, KokeshiPop came across as one of the 'lighter' PopWins slots in the collection, with a milder math model than they sometimes possess as well as a more modestmax win of 10,000x. In action, KokeshiPop didn't strike us as a slot that dramatically evolves the PopWins concept being more of a sideways step, but it does have a few interesting bits that connoisseurs of the mechanic might be intrigued by. One is the multiplier, awarded when maxing reels in the base game, adding what could possibly be the icing on the cake to a solid PopWins sequence. Then there's the doubling of the win multiplier in free spins, as well. At first glance, it seemed like we were getting aRaptor DoubleMaxmeet PopWins extravaganza, which was quite a proposal. However, it was hard not to feel a teensy bit disappointed over the fact the win multiplier resets between free spins. In saying that, multipliers do multiplier the win multiplier, so juicy values are theoretically possible. All in all, playing through KokeshiPop was a neatly pleasant audio-visual experience. It's not exactly the apogee of the series, but it might be a good stepping-in point for first-time PopWins players keen to see what the mechanism is all about in a less brutal environment than some of them can be.