Free slot: HippoPop

How Hippo Pop works

Pop Slots are back! It has been several months since the last Pop slot was released and players were getting impatient. While no one was expecting it, the Hippo Pop slot was recently released. This slot is themed around a dark forest where beautiful symbols await you. The graphics are very well done and so is the soundtrack. Hippo Pop is a 3x5 grid slot, which means that there are 3 horizontal columns and 5 vertical rows. It is an evolving grid slot, which means that with each connection the column where the connection is made will rise by one, up to a maximum height of 6. There are no features in the base game, but bonus games can be unlocked or purchased for 85 times your original stake. The minimum bet on this slot machine is €0.20 while the maximum amount for one spin is €40.

The different symbols of Hippo Pop

Hippo Pop is a slot machine with a very large number of symbols. First of all you have a "super high" symbol, which means that this symbol pays the most in this slot. It is represented by a golden hippo.

Then there are three symbols that are considered 'high'. These are represented by three different animals:

• A pink flamingo;

• A green owl ;

• A zebra.

Then there are three "medium" symbols. They are represented by :

• A purple toad;

• A red bird ;

• A blue fish.

Finally, you have the lowest paying symbols on this slot machine. They appear more often than the other symbols, but pay less. They are represented by the highest values in a pack of cards, namely: Ace, King, Queen and Jack.

The different connections of Hippo Pop

Hippo Pop is a slot machine that works with adjacent connections. This means that a symbol must appear at least once on the first three columns of your slot machine. This Avatar UX creation has an evolving grid, as explained in the introduction to this slot machine.

As you can see in the following screen, with each connection made the starting grid grows to a maximum of 6 high by 5 wide. Hippo Pop is a slot machine that consists of 65,536 different paylines.

It is important to note that the connections on the Hippo Pop slot machine work from left to right and also from right to left.

How the Hippo Pop bonus works

Hippo Pop is a slot machine where you can unlock bonus games. For this you have two options:

• You are trying to get the bonus in the basic game: to do this, you have to make connections until your starting grid reaches a height of 6 on each column.

• You buy the bonus for 85 times your original stake.

In both cases, you will get 5 free spins. What Pop Slots are known for is the extra free spins wheel. This slot machine is no exception to the rule.

On the first spin of the wheel, you can win between 2 and 4 extra free spins. Of course, if you land on the red symbol, you will lose your bonus and you will not be entitled to any free spins.

Once the first bet is over, you can take one last shot at getting between 2 and 5 extra free spins. Like the previous round, if you land on the red symbol, you lose your bonus.

For the bonus, the starting grid is the same as in the basic game, i.e. 3x5. With each connection, the grid will change. The goal is to raise the starting grid to a height of 8. As soon as the entire starting grid is at height 8, you will get two extra free spins. For each connection made, the multiplier will increase by +1.

During the free games, if the grid reaches a height of 6, the hippo symbol will be x2. It will increase to x3 as soon as the whole grid reaches a height of 7 and x4 as soon as the grid reaches its maximum height of 8.

Our opinion on Hippo Pop

It's been a long time since Avatar UX and Yggdrasil released a Pop slot, and it has to be said that this one is a great success. First of all, the graphics have been very well done for this new slot. Secondly, the wheel to get extra free spins is still frustrating and so are the bonus rounds. However, whenever it wants to pay out, this slot doesn't fake it. Extremely volatile, Hippo Pop is a slot where you can win a maximum of 48,150 times your original bet. The RTP (theoretical return to players) of this slot is 96.1%, which puts it in the middle of the pack. Hippo Pop is a slot machine that seems to have a bright future ahead of it. This new creation is based on the pop principle, but with new features that make this slot even more volatile and frustrating. With this creation, Yggdrasil wants to remind us that it has a concept in its hands that it will not let go.