NetEnt has released two online slots prior to Strolling Staxx that offer a similar re-spins feature (Butterfly Staxx and Neon Staxx), but only the Strolling Staxx slot game offers you Bonus Bet! Colossal symbols and re-spins that allow stacked reels to move across the screen make it possible to win as much as five hundred times your bet.
Our Verdict: The software developer behind the Strolling Staxx slot is none other than NetEnt – the company that's famous for making world-famous games such as Starburst, Twin Spin, and Gonzo's Quest. Its excellent reputation for creating innovative special features and varied themes means that you're assured of an excellent playing experience with Strolling Staxx.
What makes Strolling Staxx such an exciting game to play is that it uses a Re-Spin Feature that allows stacks of symbols to move across the reels, as well as Colossal Symbols that can enhance the size of your wins. Plus, you can also make use of Bonus Bet to increase the number of Colossal Symbols that can appear.
Design: When the Strolling Staxx slot launches on your mobile device or desktop, the first thing you'll see is the game logo in the centre of the screen. Click it, and the main game screen appears with an animated background that looks a little like Mario World.
There's a stream which gently runs across the screen, trees that blow in the wind, and white fluffy clouds that drift through the blue sky overhead.
The reel set measures five-by-three and features brightly coloured images of fruits such as melons, strawberries, lemons, cherries, and plums plus four playing card symbols.
The little wooden signpost at the bottom of the screen shows which symbol you need to collect to trigger the Re-Spin Feature. If you wish to use Bonus Bet, you'll find a button which toggles it on and off on the right-hand side. There are also buttons which let you alter your bet level and coin value and enable Auto-Play.
Wild Symbol: In the Strolling Staxx slot game, wild symbols can land anywhere on the reels as Colossal Symbols or stacks both in the base game and the Re-Spin Feature. The wild symbol is a spinning "W," and it can substitute for all other symbols in the game to create winning combinations.
Bonus Features: Any symbol can land as a Colossal 3x3 or 2x3 symbol or as a single symbol in Strolling Staxx, including the wild. Colossal Symbols are also used in the Re-Spin Feature. However, if you activate Bonus Bet for an extra fifteen coins per bet level, the Extra Chance Feature can be triggered when the Re-Spin Feature is activated without a 3x3 Colossal Symbol. In the Extra Chance Feature, overlay 3x3 Colossal Symbols can land partially or fully on the reel set.
To trigger the Re-Spin Feature while playing the Strolling Staxx slot, you must get at least one full stack of symbols on the screen that matches the symbol showing on the signpost. With each re-spin, the stacked symbols move one reel to the left.
