The Chinese New Year comes roaring in with Lion Festival, a popular online slot game.Konami has optimized this game for mobile, so grab your device and get ready for wins inspired by mythological lore. The Lion Festival slot machine celebrates an iconic image that has long been popular in China: the lion. Many Chinese festivals have long featured a lion dance and lion-inspired imagery. Lion Dance is an exciting model with 5 drums and 25 lines. Chinese New Year is celebrated by all countries of the East. The theme of Asia is extremely popular in the world of arcade machines. One of the traditional symbols of the Chinese New Year is the lion. It is in his costume that several dancers dress and simultaneously perform a ritual dance.

Lion Festival slot review

Lion Festival slot was lucky fit its name into the online slots catalogue in the first place as we already have the games Lion Dance Festival from Genesis and Lion Dance by Red Tiger. Anyway, having managed to find a spare slot for the title (no pun etc.) Blueprint Gaming have imitated the Oriental theme centred around this Chinese tradition by placing the reels over a temple and I don't need to tell you the type of music you hear as the game plays. We simply need to know whether these Lions will produce a festival of fortune, or one of famine?

On the reels...
The first point to note is that like many Blueprint games this is a 'Jackpot Strike' slot and is linked to a casino progressive. Randomly you may see Crowns overlaying the reels on any spin, from which you pick to either get more spins to collect further Crowns (15 gets you to the Jackpot Wheel) or instant Jackpot Wheel and lastly stop and get a cash award. The Wheel either gives the progressive or a large x stake multiplier.

There are 5 reels of 3 rows each and we have 10 paying lines, working both ways from right-to-left as well as left-to-right. The icons fit the theme well as one would expect and are all stacked. The pays range from 100x bet for a 5-of-a-kind Girl, 10x for the Chinese Character, 8x for both the Tokens and Bowl, 5x for the Lantern or Drum and finally 2.5x stake for the Pouch or Firecrackers.

There are stacked Kittens which will all reveal a mystery symbol when appearing which may or may not create or improve a win.

Dragon re-spins
There are expanding Dragons on the centre 3 reels and these form the Wild. You can tell when one or more is going to land as the reels spin slightly longer. When this occurs any wins are paid and the expanded Wild then remains for a re-spin. Wins are paid again and the process repeats until no futher Dragons appear. This is essentially the same as a game I'm sure you're all familiar with, Netent's Starburst. Both in this feature and the base game you can fill the reels with the top Girl icon to win the maximum pay, 1000x bet.

Our View...
Lion Festival slot has very polished graphics and animations and essentially is a more volatile version of the aforementioned Starburst, with the RTP being far inferior though at 92.48%. Whether intentional or not, I do like the lag on a spin when the Wild(s) are going to land and this re-spin feature is quite frequent, along with the appearance of the mystery Kitten stacks. If you like simple games with a little twist to them and the chance of a big hit, then it won't disappoint. This Lion may roar loudly, but I wouldn't be too frightened...

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Lion Dance Slot Machine Jackpot Winners

In recent years, China has seen a meteoric rise to power. As their markets open for non-Chinese companies, many of them do their best to draw in these new customers! Hence, the impressive variety of Chinese themed slots we were able to enjoy for the past few years: China Shores, Quick Hit Sun Dragon and more.

Red Tiger Gaming Lion Dance slot joins the already crowded field, promising a jackpot worth more than 1000x your total stake.

Btw, there are 4! Lion Dance slots by 4 different providers. No idea how it works in terms of intellectual property rights, but somehow it does.

Chinese dragons flank the reels on both sides. In the background, we can see traditional houses and some mountainous terrain. You play this game on a 5-reel, 4-row board with 40 paylines. At any point in time, you may shift into one of four different bonus worlds, or trigger a free spins round.

If you dare to dance with the lions, you will find yourself handsomely rewarded. Are those rewards worth the risk, however? That’s something we will find out, together.

Why to play Lion Dance Slot Machine

• Hats off to the developers, they know how to make a visually appealing release! Red Tiger Gaming makes good use of colour swaps to highlight the differences between worlds. The contents of the background image never really change! Instead, the experience is altered by using colours to make certain parts more difficult to see.
• The gameplay loop and payouts are balanced in such a way that they appeal to every type of player. You can bet as little as $0.20 or as much as $80 in one go, making it one of the bigger betting spreads we’ve seen. Not to mention a chance to win the jackpot, worth 1076.2x your total stake. The RTP is 96.18%, which is a bit above the current industry average and slightly below Red Tigers Wild Spartans slot.
• Of course, not all the rewards in the world would be able to fix boredom. We’re happy to say that you won’t be feeling bored anytime soon! Each of the four bonus worlds adjusts things to seem distinct compared to its predecessor. If you’re having trouble getting to a specific world, you can make use of the free spins round, which frequently swaps between them!

Why not to Play?

• We’d have liked to see a mechanic that allowed us to transfer worlds at will. The lazy option would be to let players buy into it. Another option is to allow punters to ‘grind’ for the option. After a hundred spins, they could force Lion Dance to display their bonus world of choice for the next ten spins.
• One more thing we’d have liked to see from the world was more visual diversity. The swaps in colours do a good job so far, but that only goes so far. We would have liked to see the background oh so subtly change to reflect the fact we’re in a new world.

Bonus Features

Punters have access to two fantastic special features. Both of them can create some fantastic wins if you play your cards right!

Bonus Worlds

While you play, there is a chance the slot will ‘shift’ into a different world. These different worlds and their mechanics are as follows:

• Mega Tiles: Wilds and high-value symbols can appear as massive mega tiles, which cover a large section of the board
• Deep Stacks: Each spin has a chance to create a reel covered in a single top-paying icon. You can have this bonus activate for several reels in a single spin.
• Mystery Symbols: Golden coins appear on the board, revealing hidden paying icons beneath. Unlike other mystery symbol bonuses, this one does not always reveal the same icons.
• Connected Tiles: A single symbol has a chance of spreading to adjacent tiles and across the reel.

Free Spins

Lion Dance Slot Machine Jackpot Assembly

Collect three Scatters in the first, third and fifth reel to win up to eighteen free spins. During this bonus, every spin will be played in a different bonus world.

Our Verdict

We will admit, the idea behind Lion Dance slot machine special features was quite novel. The game plays its cards very well and tends to swap between worlds often. We’d still have liked to see a way to manually control these swaps, but that’s a minor complaint. It has a good jackpot, an above-average RTP and pretty graphics. Well deserving of your time and money!