Rising Samurai: Hold & Win

Layout & Grid

Start playing on a 5-reel game panel in a 3-4-4-4-3 format. Players get 576 ways to win, increasing to 3,087 when the grid is fully expanded. The volatility is moderate and leads to a theoretical return value of 95.98%.

Bets & Symbols

Normal wins are achieved when there are at least three matching symbols from left to right in adjacent reels. Starting from reel number one, the Royals 10 through A make up low paying symbols worth 0.75 to 3 times your stake. While four normal warriors in different poses are considered high paying, getting five full premiums will result in a win worth 4 to 12.5 times your stake. Last but not least is Ninja Star Wild which appears on reels 2, 3 or 4 to replace any normal paying symbols.

Special Features

Free Spins

Activate the Free Spins feature by landing at least 3 Free Spin symbols anywhere on the reels. You’ll have the choice of 10, 12, or 15 free spins, which cannot be retriggered. During the Free Spins you need to look out for the Samurai Boosters.

Samurai Boosters

The Samurai Boosters are two gold coins with pink arrows and blue Xs on top. The pink arrow booster opens up an extra row on top of the reels, allowing 3 more positions for symbols to land on. It can open up a total of 3 extra rows on top of the reels. The other booster raises the win multiplier by one step. When boosted once, for example, it goes from x2 to x3.

Rising Samurai Respins

To activate the feature, you must land five gold coins on the reels at a minimum; in this game, they have a predetermined value and remain on the reels while the other positions of the slots are empty. Players begin with 3 spins, and the number of spins resets to 3 every time a new coin lands on the reels. At the end of all spins, each value is collected in a total.

Rising Samurai: Hold & Win vs. 3 other Hold & Win slots

Jackpot

You can win four different jackpots, which are Mini, Major, Maxi, and Grand, that are worth 25X, 50X, 100X, and 250X your bet, respectively.

Katana Modifier

Rising Samurai can appear over the reels at any time, activating the random feature Katana Modifier. He will award one of three things: A guaranteed winning spin, Free Spins or Rising Samurai Respins.

In most games, the Royal symbols pay much less than the characters.

Conclusion

The features work great for what they are. Although they are fairly basic, Respins offer a regular collection of money symbols. It is possible to add up to 9 additional positions for coins and multipliers, both available for free spins as well. And although the jackpot coin symbol is relatively small, players can win up to 16,215 times their stake. Such numbers have taken Rising Samurai even higher, or even some of iSoftBet’s flagship games. It shows the power of expanding the reels in combination with multipliers and the number of stable payouts.