Tale of Kyubiko Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Tale of Kyubiko Review

While Kyubiko seems to be a randomly chosen and generic Japanese name, Play’n Go’s Tale of Kyubiko is really about the androgynous deity, Inari Ōkami. She is the goddess of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, and, of course, also of worldly success and good fortune. This Kami (Japanese for god) is sometimes seen as a collective of up to 5 individuals, and this is reflected in the 5-step transformation she goes through in this game.

The Inari lands as a stacked wild either fully or partially in view, and the randomly triggered Inari’s Fortune feature may nudge the wild fully in place if it leads to a win. When part of a win the Inari Wild dances around on the 3x3 grid as the symbol transforms from fox to human, and this also increments the win multiplier up to x25 at the most. There is no traditional bonus round in Tale of Kyubiko, but at least you’re not paying for the respins.

Tale of Kyubiko Slot - Reels Screen

Tale of Kyubiko Slot Features

The 3 animal character symbols pay between 2 and 8 x your stake for 3 of a kind wins, and the fox mask Wild pays 10x your stake for the same. The fox mask wild also steps in for all other pay symbols to help complete winning combinations, but it’s another kind of wild that steals the show in this game.

We are, of course, referring to the stacked Inari Wild, and it lands either fully or partially in view. The Inari’s Fortune feature may trigger when the Inari Wild lands partially in view, and this nudges the wild to cover the full reel.

The feature only triggers if the nudging leads to a win however, and this also triggers the main bonus feature.

When you land a winning combo thanks to the Inari stacked Wild, you get a free respin. This feature is called Inari’s Dance, as the stacked Inari Wild moves to a new position per respin as long as you keep winning. The Inari fox morphs into a human gradually per respin, and the win multiplier increases by +1 per move as well. The multiplier goes from x2 to x5, x10 and x25, and you can keep track of the value on the left-hand side.

The 200 Spins Tale of Kyubiko Slot Experience

The Inari Wild nudges in place as our 3:15-minute highlights video starts, and this triggers the Inari’s Dance feature. You get to see the full transformation from fox to human the first time the feature triggers, and we trigger the wild dance a few more times after that.

Check it all out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

We have no bones to pick with Play’n Go when it comes to the visual presentation, as fans of anime and manga will probably very much enjoy what’s on display in Tale of Kyubiko. Looking past the charming exterior however, it’s fair to say that this is hardly a game for hardcore gamblers. Everything revolves around the Inari Wild features, and when it nudges in place you’re also guaranteed to trigger the Inari’s Dance respins round.

It's kind of cool to see the fox transform gradually into a human as the wild jumps around to new positions per respin, and the increasing multiplier surely adds to the excitement. Without any multiplier action the single spin max win is only 50x your stake however, so you really need the maxed out x25 multiplier to do damage. The mediocre 2,250x potential comes with a 1 in 100 million probability though, so this is hardly something cynics would bother with.

Pros

• Random nudge if Inari Wild can generate a win
• Inari Wild Respins w/ increasing win multiplier
• Medium volatility and 2,250x max win potential

Cons

• Max win probability is 1 in 100 million
• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

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Sakura Fortune 2 - is a visually pleasing follow-up release from Quickspin, and it comes with a 3-4-4-4-3 reel set and 576 win ways. The Sakura Wild nudges in place to trigger the respins feature, and 3 sticky Sakura Wilds gives you an x3 multiplier in the bonus round. Up to 2 wilds can be sticky from the get-go, and this can lead to 22,482x your stake payouts.

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