Lucky Neko: Gigabloxby Yggdrasil Gaming

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Taking you to a peaceful Japanese temple where you can experience relaxing sound effects, Swedish developer Yggdrasil Gaming quickly turns the tide...

...with the Lucky Neko: Gigablox title and its unique gaming mechanics!

Japanese lucky dolls appear to be the stars of this 6-reel 4-row 40-pay line game with symbols occupying 4x4 or 6x6 position.

The layout, top payouts and the features involved are all interesting, and not quite the kind that you typically expect to see, plus...

...there are excellent rewards that you can take aim for, of up to 6,953x the round’s stake!

Theme & Design

Who is this Neko?

The literal translation of the word Neko is ‘cat’, and usually, it refers to the waving feline statues you see in Asia, particularly in Japan, where...

...the figurines are supposed to bring their owners luck.

The other giveaway is the abundance of Daruma dolls on the paytable and reels.

These round, hollow dolls are also traditionally found in Japan and...

...as you can tell, plenty of thought has gone into planning this title, which has turned out to be quite a cultural feast indeed.

With a gentle Japanese soundtrack playing in the background, the game creates a lovely ambience.

This Oriental-themed game relies on oversized icons, especially if their payout rating is at a higher level.

The symbols appear in the base game on a 6 reel, 4-row grid, with everything neatly packed in like a stapled box of sushi.

The reels are located in a quaint shop full of Japanese objet d’art that shakes as the massive Daruma symbols rumble through.

For the game’s symbols, there is a Golden Cat Wild, Lucky Cat Scatter, four types of differently coloured dolls as the highest value symbols, plus...

...the card suits as the four low-value icons.

Betting Options

The base game action in the Lucky Neko: Gigablox slot takes place on a 6 reel, 4-row machine that offers 40 paylines, but...

...this changes when you trigger the Free Spins feature though.

Bets start at the low roller friendly sum of 8 p/c per spin and can be raised to £/€100 for those with larger requirements.

You can set up to 1,000 autoplay spins or leave it them to run indefinitely, but also you can set the spin speed and the audio effects.

The RTP here is 96.4% which is pretty solid, while...

...the volatility is on the high side (read more)https://lcb.org/news/editorials/10295-guide-to-understanding-slot-variance.

As a result, the maximum win reaches 6,953 x your total bet.

The high pays are the Darumas that come in four different colours...

...purple, green, yellow and pink.

The pink one offers the best value at 8x the stake for 6 of a kind, down to 10x for the purple Daruma.

The Golden Wild can substitute for any paying symbol to form a winning combination.

Special Features

The last part of the title's name actually comes from the 2x2, 3x3 and 4x4 symbols that may sometimes appear on the reels, while...

...in the free spins mode, the same symbols get to 6x6 in size.

Wild symbols can also show up in Gigablox versions, at which point their usefulness increases considerably.

Lucky Cat icons help you trigger the Free Spins feature when at least 5 show up.

Each such symbol offers 1 free spin, while the most you can get is 16 free spins if the symbols triggering it will show up as Gigablox.

For this mode, the game area gets a boost, with more rows - 6x8 reels now- and with 85 lines!.

Plus, before free spins begin...

...there is also a randomly chosen Blessed symbol, which will pay 5x the usual amount from the base game.

Our Take

Lucky Neko: Gigablox is vibrant and packed with sacred items, plus...

...it has much better payouts than most Yggdrasil slots, with the highest reward reaching 6,953 times your stake!

This is an interesting game and something truly new when it comes to the cultural background of this title.

Boost your adrenalin by watching those enormous block dropping out of nowhere to smother the grid, and...

...if that happens to be the Blessed Symbol with the x5 multiplier, you will be stunned!