NetEnt's New Lucha Libre Slot: Mexican Standoff

The game is centered on the lucha libre theme. Its 6x6 grid is designed like a wrestling ring, and four wrestlers, El Fuego, El Loco, El Rayo and El Tigre, are always on the field. Wrestlers determine payouts by walking over adjacent symbols that match their own colors and collecting them.

A position-based interaction begins between two wrestlers standing side by side. They can randomly collide or act together. This can change their positions, allow them to collect other symbols, or let one throw the other out of the ring. Additional position-based features such as Corner Jump and Edge Rush also affect how the wrestlers move. The Avalanche feature removes winning symbols and replaces them with new ones, so multiple wins can be achieved in a single spin.

Each grid a wrestler passes over has its multiplier doubled, up to a maximum of 4,096x. Multipliers stay on screen throughout the avalanche sequence. The Hype Meter next to the game fills with each collected symbol. When it is full, one activation is stored. When the spin and all avalanches are finished, it clears the symbols and starts a new avalanche. The meter can hold more than one activation. The Random Multiplier feature can also increase the multiplier of some random squares at the start of a spin. Respins triggered by the Hype Meter are guaranteed to include this feature.

Wrestlers can also pick up and activate four special items: Grid Cleaner, Symbol Converter, and the small and large Multiplier Doublers. Grid Cleaner is represented by a killer robot that sucks in symbols at a 90 degree angle and triggers an avalanche. Symbol Converter is a car battery symbol that changes symbols to the color of the wrestler who collects it. The small Multiplier Doubler affects only a 3x3 area, while the large one affects the entire grid and doubles its multiplier values.

Three Bonus symbols trigger the bonus round. In this round, multipliers are retained and 5 free spins are awarded. Additional Bonus symbols that land during the bonus round add one more spin.