Nunchucks Slot Review
You couldn't legally keep a pair of nunchucks in New York for more than 40 years. The state banned them in 1974, right when every kid in America wanted to be Bruce Lee 🥋.
A karate teacher named James Maloney spent about 15 years fighting that ban in court, and in 2018 a federal judge ⚖️ finally struck it down. I’ve carried grudges in my time, but I've never fought anybody for 15 years straight.
Nunchucks slot from NetEnt hands the weapon in the title to kung-fu nuns brawling through a convent ⛪ at night. No lawyers needed for this one.
Gameplay
Haaahaaa! I LOVE the game’s visuals! The opening screen shows 4 nuns - two with a face tattoo, one holding a Shuriken (that’s a “ninja star”), and the old grumpy gills one is smoking a cigarette. These are my kinda women of the cloth.
What’s crazy is the soundtrack. I think they were trying to go all Tarantino but it’s just a weird choice. Or maybe they nailed it? You be the judge.
The max win is $384,000, with bets running from $0.20 to $32. Australian dollars, Dogecoin, and horny men don't make it past the convent gate.
The RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate. is 96.05%, volatility is high, and the max multiplier is 12,000x. The grid is 6x4 and pays on 4,096 ways, with 3 or more matching symbols on adjacent reels from the leftmost reel counting as a win.
Only the longest matching combination per symbol gets paid, but wins on different ways in the same spin are added together.
Payouts for the following are for 3, 4, 5 and 6 of a kind. The 10, J and Q symbols share the bottom rung at 0.1x, 0.25x, 1x and 2.5x. The K and A sit one step up at 0.15x, 0.3x, 1.5x and 3.75x.
The Shuriken pays 0.2x, 0.4x, 0.75x and 2.5x, and the Grenade pays 0.25x, 0.5x, 1x and 3x. Yeah, at 5 and 6 of a kind the A and K out-pay both of them.
The Nunchucks pay 0.4x, 0.75x, 1.5x and 4x, and the Crucifix pays 0.5x, 1x, 2.5x and 5x. The Donation Box tops the paytable at 1x, 2x, 4x and 6x, because the collection plate always gets paid first.
The Wild substitutes for every symbol except the Bonus, Super Bonus and Nun symbols, and it always pays the highest possible combination on a way.
It can land on top of a Nun without stopping that Nun's feature from firing. On its own, the Wild pays 6x for 6 of a kind.
Whole reels of Wilds come from the Wild Reel Nun, which you'll meet in a second.
Features
NUN FEATURES:
Special Nun symbols may land in the main game, Bonus Spins and Super Bonus Spins. Whenever one lands, it activates its own Nun Feature and may activate a Re-Spin.
Several Nun Features can be active in the same round, in which case they’ll fire one after another.
Colossal Nun
The Colossal Nun creates a Colossal Mystery Symbol that covers anything from 2x2 up to 4x4. It turns into a regular paying symbol, or into a Giant Wild if it overlaps a Wild Reel.
Wild Reel Nun
The Wild Reel Nun turns the entire reel it lands on into Wilds. Every extra Wild Reel Nun does the same to its own reel. Wherever a Wild Reel overlaps a Colossal Mystery Symbol, that block becomes a Giant Wild.
Multiplier Nun
The Multiplier Nun hands out multipliers to one or more reels. When a win runs through reels with active multipliers, those values are added together and applied to the win.
More Multiplier Nuns can drop multipliers on different reels. If a Colossal Mystery Symbol spans several multiplier reels, every one of those values gets added together for that win.
Note the word “added”: the reel multipliers stack by sum, they don't multiply each other.
Extra Multiplier Nuns may land during Re-Spins, Bonus Spins and Super Bonus Spins, and they combine with the reel multipliers already in play.
Upgrade Nun
The Upgrade Nun can show up in the main game, Bonus Spins and Super Bonus Spins. It doesn't start a feature of its own. It powers up the ones already running.
It can grow the Colossal Mystery Symbol by 1 level up to its max size, double the active reel multipliers, or add 1 to 3 more Wild Reels if there's room.
RE-SPINS:
Landing Nun symbols in the main game, Bonus Spins and Super Bonus Spins may activate Re-Spins. Before the first Re-Spin, each landed Nun activates its Nun Feature, and those features stay on for the whole sequence.
Multiple Nun Features can run at once, and their effects combine.
Fresh Nuns may land during Re-Spins and add more features, even with a Wild sitting on top of them. The Upgrade Nun can turn up here too and beef up what's already active.
Wins are counted after every Re-Spin. The sequence ends when no more Re-Spins are awarded, and the game picks up in whatever mode you were in.
FREE SPINS:
Two kinds of Bonus symbols can land anywhere on the reels: Bonus and Super Bonus. Land 3 or more Bonus symbols and you get Bonus Spins. Land 3 or more with at least 1 Super Bonus among them and you get Super Bonus Spins instead.
In the main game, 3, 4, 5 or 6 Bonus symbols award 8, 10, 12 or 14 Bonus Spins, respectively. The final count depends on the number and mix of Bonus and Super Bonus symbols you land.
Bonus Spins
Nuns can land and activate Re-Spins exactly like they do in the main game. Each new Nun fires its Nun Feature, and more Nuns may keep the Re-Spins coming.
When a Re-Spin sequence ends, you go back to your remaining Bonus Spins. Activated Nun Features reset after every single Bonus Spin.
Super Bonus Spins
Here, the activated Nun Features stay on for the entire round. Additional Nuns and the Upgrade Nun keep piling onto them, and nothing resets until Super Bonus Spins end.
That one rule is the whole difference between the 2 rounds, and I'd bet it's the reason the buy menu prices them so far apart.
BUY BONUS AND ANTE BET:
The Elevate button lets you activate 1 option per game round. The prices scale with your bet.
The Bonus Hunt Ante BetAn Ante Bet is an option that costs a percentage of your bet but increases your chances of landing triggering symbols that initiate a feature. costs 3x per spin and increases the chance of activating special features.
Guaranteed Nun, the second Ante BetAn Ante Bet is an option that costs a percentage of your bet but increases your chances of landing triggering symbols that initiate a feature., costs 25x per spin and lands at least 1 Nun symbol, with a chance to activate Re-Spins.
The Bonus Spins buy costs 100x and drops 3 or more Bonus symbols to start Bonus Spins. It's also possible to activate Super Bonus Spins this way.
The Super Bonus Spins buy costs 300x and lands 3 or more Bonus symbols, including 1 Super Bonus, plus at least 1 Nun symbol.
Super Nun Spin costs 500x. It guarantees at least 1 Nun and greatly increases the chances of Bonus Spins and Super Bonus Spins, but it guarantees neither.
Performance
The game’s software didn’t kick me in the nuts, which was a nice change from my regular day at work.
Maximum Win
Put the 12,000x max multiplier on the $32 top bet and the max win is $384,000. The minimum bet is $0.20.
Conclusion
The slot's money comes from the Nuns.
What pays is Nun Features stacking up: Wild Reels, reel multipliers that add together across a win, and a Colossal Mystery Symbol that becomes a Giant Wild where it crosses a Wild Reel.
Your best shot at the 12,000x max multiplier is Super Bonus Spins.
That's the only mode where the features stay switched on for the whole round, so Multiplier Nuns keep adding and Upgrade Nuns can double the reel multipliers or throw in more Wild Reels.
Now the Elevate menu. Bonus Hunt triples your spin cost for an “increased chance” the game never puts a number on, and I’m not paying triple for a shrug.
Skip Guaranteed Nun too. It’s a 25x spin, so 4 of them cost the same as a straight Bonus Spins buy, and each one only promises 1 Nun and a shot at Re-Spins.
The Bonus Spins buy is fair value, priced right where a Free Spins buy normally sits, and it can roll into Super Bonus Spins.
The Super Bonus Spins buy costs 3 times as much, but it’s the round where the features persist, which is your best shot at the max win, so if you’re buying, that’s the button.
Super Nun Spin is the worst deal of the five. It’s the most expensive option, and it doesn’t guarantee a single spin of either round.
Slot Details
Game Provider: NetEnt
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: 4,096
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.: 96.05%
Volatility RateSlot games can have low, medium, high, or extremely high volatility rates (or a combination thereof).
The less volatile the game, the more often it should pay out, but the lower the amount, the less the payout, as this is in keeping with the risk you’re taking. Volatility rate should be considered in conjunction with a game’s RTP.: High
Bonus Round: No
Progressive: No
Free Rounds: Free Spins, Re-spins
Max Multiplier: 12,000x
Max Win: $384,000
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