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ninetails slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

The phrase “nine tails” has many associations that spring to mind, most notably the “cat o’nine tails”, an ancient type of whip that was used to invoke punishments centuries ago. More recently, nine tails is sometimes used to refer to Japanese “Kurama”, which are a group of nine-tailed monsters or beasts. It doesn’t look as if the slot is directly based on that legend, although the symbols and overall imagery used do have a distinctly Japanese/Far-Eastern feel to them.

The largest win on the paytable is the circular yin and yang type symbol that has three inner sections rather than two… I apologise if this symbol has a proper name that I have missed, but the paytable doesn’t name the symbols! This pays 77x your stake for a five-of-a-kind. I had to look super closely before realizing that the next symbol down is a fox which may just have nine tails – only five are visible, and the character is entirely blue so difficult to discern, but I’d guess he must have nine tails.. right? This symbol returns 42.5x stake for five-of-a-kind, as does another animal symbol which is coloured pink but only shows a face. There are three more high paying symbols all with strange pay outs (25.9x, 19.2x, 12.6x) when represented as a multiple of stake, but the numbers make much more sense on the paytable. The simple rule used is that every win should have as many sevens in it as possible!

Betting ranges are simplified in NineTails compared to other Habanero games I have tried in the past. All bets must be a multiple of the minimum bet of €0.30, with the maximum allowed being set to €150.00. That seems extremely high for such a high variance slot – if the maximum win that other sites are stating is correct, this would mean that you can potentially win over €7million from playing NineTails. As I said earlier, I have my doubts!

base game & modifiers

The NineTails online slot utilizes an unusual 5x5 playfield, but much stranger than this is the innovative “connected ways” system of pay outs. To score a full line of five your symbols must not be separated by a row or column as they make their way from left to right – in simpler terms, symbols must be arranged adjacent to one another either horizontally or diagonally to result in a win. This results in 259 unique pay ways rather than the 3,125 which would normally span a 5x5 grid.

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ninetails slot free spins feature

The main feature is a free spins bonus that is awarded when three or more yin/yang symbols appear anywhere on the screen. Three of these awards 7 free spins, whilst four will award 27 free spins and all five gives you a massive 57 free spins!

The free spins feature has an unusual aspect to it whereby wins that equal a certain specific amount will be randomly upgraded or doubled. You’ll need to check the paytable before playing to see what those amounts are before beginning to play as they change according to your bet size. 

For example, if you are playing with a bet of €7.50 then the two amounts are €1.75 and €19.25. A win of €1.75 will be upgraded to €19.25 whereas a win of €19.25 will be doubled. You’ll need to collect a prize for each of the nine tails shown during free spins to actually receive these winnings, however, which I found quite disappointing the first time I entered the bonus and did not accomplish this!

ninetails slot review final thoughts

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