Sushi Yum-Yum Extra Wasabi Slots
From now on this game is called Yum-Yum, typing the full title out again will drive any sane writer mad, which makes me wonder who lost – or won the office bet which surely has to be behind it. IGT are a big serious company so we are (fairly) sure there was more thought behind this Sushi based crazy video slot than that, and at least in the game teams defence it is a seldom used theme which you won’t be forgetting any time soon!
Will you remember it for the gameplay though? That is the wasabi spiced question and given that this is (In terms of gameplay mechanics at least) a carbon copy of the popular Siberian Storm video slot this offering starts off on the right foot. With this uniquely laid out 5-reel game offering 720 ways to win, auto-play, a scatter, a very lucrative spins round and wild symbols amongst its features.
What is highly unusual is that this very volatile game is mobile device only, so if you are looking for the next big thing to play with full android or iPad compatibility this could be what you are missing.
Theme
Predictably given the game name, Yum-Yum is themed around Sushi and the various different types form the majority of the games symbols, even the low pay card symbols all have a piece of sushi attached to them. The uncommon horizontally laid out 5-reel game board screams Japanese Anime from its core, with all the reel characters nicely 3D video animated and even the bonus spins Wasabe icon having a cute little kawaii face to it.
Whilst the main game round takes place against a bamboo screened background a wave bonus symbol brings out a classic oriental ship design and washes in those potentially big wins. All the larger wins are served up to you by a giant bipedal Anime cat, who by the way for authenticity on the Japanese theme will be waving oriental paper fans at you just in case this game needed to get any more confusing to look at…
Features
The games wild symbol appears as the Wasabi from the title, this rather unfortunately visually designed icon can appear on any of the middle three reels where it will substitute or all the other game symbols except for the scatters. We aren’t actually sure what type of sushi the scatter symbol is, we are voting some form of dragon, but it is marked in writing so at least you won’t miss it as it hopefully hits your reels with regularity as any two pays double your total bet, 4 will pay 10x and 5 will pay 50x.
As mentioned this 720 way to win game follows the gameplay from Siberian Storm, so what you have here is a potentially lucrative but very volatile game where the bonus spins feature is absolutely key to the high value wins.
The bonus spins are activated by getting the 'wave' bonus symbol in any position on five consecutive reels. For every extra bonus symbol on the reels, you'll get an additional 5 free spins. The maximum you can trigger at first attempt is 60. Here is where the spins get lucrative, there is the potential to re-trigger the free spins within the bonus game, up to a maximum of 150 free spins in total, massively important as the free spins reels are loaded with more wins and stacked wilds.
Summary
It is a love hate relationship which many players will have with the theme, personally we think it is unique, fun and visually engaging. The gameplay can be a little frustrating for low stakes players given the high variance but find a few of those wild wasabi’s on the screen and it can all change very quickly! All in all many players will love this just for the potential jackpot but it has many other redeeming features and qualities as a mobile slot.
