6 Jan

New Mobile Pokies, Fruit vs Candy Slot from Microgaming

Fruit vs Candy SlotDid you make a New Years Resolution? If you did, its statistically probable that it has something to do with living a more cathartic lifestyle. Perhaps you’re changing your diet to eat healthier foods, like fruits and vegetables. Microgaming‘s new mobile pokies, entitled Fruit vs Candy Slot, is here to make your job a little harder.

If given the choice between fruit or candy, especially this time of year, many of us would take the nutritive option. In the back of our minds, though, we’d all prefer that scrumptious morsel of sugary delight. Microgaming’s new mobile pokies forces us to make that decision, but fortunately, there’s no bad answer when it comes to lucrative payouts.

Fruit vs Candy Slot – Pick Your Poison

New Mobile Pokies fromMicrogaming

The online pokies game is especially interesting because its a 2-for-1 deal. Players can choose which version of the game they’d like to play – Fruit or Candy – right from the start. Fortunately, there’s no commitment involved. Players can switch over to the other version at any time during the base game.

Each version of the 5-reel, 243 Way to Win game has it’s own special symbols and bonus opportunities. Both come with their own base game and features, so players would do well to give them both a try, helping them decide which they like best.

The symbols are obviously going to be different. On one side, we have a range of tasty fruit slices, combined with card values of 10-A. The Candy version presents the same 10-A as lower-paying symbols, with other sweet-tooth images that look an awful lot like King’s top-rated social game, Candy Crush Saga (lollipops, jelly beans, striped hard candies, etc).

Fruit – Free Spins with Cash Stash Feature

Fruit vs Candy Slot Goodie BagThe Fruit side of this new mobile pokies games comes with a feature called ‘Free Spins with Cash Stash‘.

In this game, a random Goodie Bag can pop up after any spin to award an instant cash prize. The Fruit vs Candy Slot logo is Wild, and plays the typical role of helping tog generate winning combinations. The Scatter is a vibrantly circular shape with festive starbursts – you can’t miss it (especially since it has the word Scatter across it).

When 3 or more Scatters appear on the reels, it triggers the game’s Free Spins, and for once, I can actually appreciate those playing card value symbols.

Each time one appears on the reels during free spins, a coin value is unveiled beneath it. That value is stashed away in the Cash Stash box in the upper right corner. Players will need to see a total of at least 25 ’10, J, Q, K and A’ symbols anywhere on the board throughout the free spin phase to collect the Cash Stash when it’s over.

Candy – Free Spins with Sweet Reel Feature

Fruit vs Candy Slot Sweet ReelThose who choose the Candy side of the Fruit vs Candy Slot will be privy to a different feature, called ‘Free Spins with Sweet Reel‘.

Again, the game’s logo is Wild, and the Scatter symbol is the same as the Fruit version, but it has new properties in the Candy side of the game.

When a Scatter appears in the middle of the center reel, all of the 10-A symbols receive a sugar-coating, activating the Sugar Rush Bonus (yes, they stole that name from Candy Crush, too). Every Candy symbol on the board is then converted to a random cash value and instantly awarded, just before the Scatter turns to a Free Spins icon.

During free spins, candy can appear stacked. When this happens, it’s called a Sweet Reel. Once a reel is sweetened, it has the chance to stack Wilds on subsequent spins, as it sweetens the chance of a big payout.