Bikini Party and Dragon Dancer New Online Slots

February 8, 2016

Two new Microgaming video slots have gone live at Canadian online casinos. Both games have exactly the same slots engine, which essentially means the same payout table. But they have different themes and therefore could attract different types of Canadian online casino players. Some of the Microgaming online casinos where you can play these games are Jackpot City and Royal Vegas.

Bikini Party has five attractive girls playing beach volleyball amidst perfect seaside setting with the roar of the waves in the background. In the win animations you can see the bikini clad players showing off their volley ball skills. The Bikini Party logo is the wild symbol and the volleyball is the scatter symbol. Dragon Dance was launched to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The reels are set in the background of Chinese houses with red lanterns hanging to ward off the evil Nian. The thematic symbols are dragon dancer, lion dancer, Chinese couple, drummer and cymbals. The Dragon Dance logo is the wild symbol and the firecracker is the scatter symbol.

Both these video slots have the popular 243 ways to win paylines structure. Players can wager up to 10 coins per payline, with the coin size ranging from CA$0.01 to CA$5.00. Therefore the maximum total bet per spin is CA$1250.00, which will attract Canadian high roller players. The wild symbol appears only on reels 2 and 4, which is somewhat of a let-down. Two or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels award scatter payouts. The free spins feature is activated by landing three or more scatter symbols on the reels. You are awarded 15 free spins at tripled payouts. The free spins can be retriggered.

The highlight in both Bikini Party and Dragon Dance is the Respins feature. This was included by Microgaming in some of its earlier video slots and was popular at Canadian online casinos. After every spin the Respin buttons below the reel will displays a value. You can pay the amount below any reel and spin only that reel keeping the others fixed. If you use this effectively, you have an opportunity of winning a large payout. But there are no guarantees. So you have to carefully balance the cost of the Respin with the possibility of the payout. The Respins feature is optional and you can move to the next spin without exercising it. If you are not familiar with this feature, play these video slots for a while in the demo mode to understand it better.