3 Dancing Monkeys Slot - Review, Demo, Casinos, Bonuses

3 Dancing Monkeys Review

Monkeys play an important part in Chinese and Asian culture, and they can even ward off evil spirits if you believe in that sort of thing. They play a central part in 3 Dancing Monkeys as well, which is a Chinese themed slot from Pragmatic Play partner, Wild Streak Gaming. You’ll see the charming primates stacked up on the right-hand side, and they will dance every time they collect a gemstone that corresponds to their color.

There is nothing much else going on in the base game except regular line wins, possibly helped by wild symbols, and the gem collection will eventually trigger the bonus round. You get the corresponding monkey modifier for the feature, and you can activate all 3 by more gem collecting in the bonus round. Instant prizes up to 5,000x can also be landed from Mystery Symbols during the feature, and the overall 12,077x potential is solid as well.

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3 Dancing Monkeys Slot Features

The premium symbols pay 1.67 to 6.67 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and you can also land a Wild symbol on the 3 middle reels only. The wild steps in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve wins, but they cannot step in for the Gem symbols.

You can land red, green, and blue gemstone symbols on the grid, and these are collected by the corresponding monkey seen on the right-hand side. Each of the 3 monkeys have their own unique modifier, but these only become active in the bonus round. Each collected gem can trigger the corresponding bonus round with the monkey modifier active, and your chances increase the more gems each monkey collects.

When the Bonus Round finally triggers, you get +5 free spins per triggering gem that was collected. Below is an overview of the 3 different modifiers the monkeys contribute with in their respective bonus rounds:

• Red Gem - expands the grid to size 5x5 for the duration of the bonus round.
• Green Gem - adds extra wilds to the reel strips (still only for the 3 middle reels).
• Blue Gem - adds a multiplier of x2, x3, or x5 to all wild symbols. If more than one wild is part of the same win the multiplier values multiply together before boosting the win.

You will still land gem symbols during the bonus round, and this can activate the remaining monkey modifiers for the duration of the bonus round as well. You get +5 extra spins when you activate an additional modifier, which means that up to +10 extra spins is possible in total from these triggers.

However, you can also land Mystery Symbols during the bonus round, and these turn into extra free spins or instant cash prize symbols. You will get between 1 and 42 extra spins from this feature, or cash prizes between 30x and 5,000x your stake.

Finally, non-UK players, and anyone eligible, can purchase the bonus round for 100x the stake. You will get a combo of 2 triggering gems when you go for the bonus buy trigger. In this context, you should know that the bonus round has an organic hit rate of 1 in 145 spins.

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Review Summary

The somewhat generic Asian theme will probably be a turn off for some western players, although the 3 monkeys are charming enough. Nothing too exciting happens in the base game, so holding down the spacebar to plow through tons of spins in turbo mode is definitely tempting. Collecting gems is what this game is all about, as you want all 3 monkeys as loaded as possible before you trigger the bonus round.

It’s a lot more fun when you have at least 2 modifiers active simultaneously, and having all 3 of them active can certainly liven things up. The mystery symbols are unusually lucrative in this game, as you can land solid cash prizes or get plenty of extra spins from them. Adding the mystery symbol cash prizes to the base game could’ve been a good idea, but that’s sadly not the case. Being able to win up to 12,077x your stake is certainly above average, but keep in mind that the max win hit rate is 1 in 153,846,153 spins.