Gigantoonz

Theme and Design

A Super Production Fizzing With Fun Animations and Clever Features

As you would expect from a game from a headline act like the Toonz series, Gigantoonz is a first-class production from start to finish. As well as being super-fun to play it is absolutely stacked with relentlessly eye-catching and amusing animations with lots of attention to detail. If you enjoyed the Reactoonz games, you’ll love the sound and visuals in this one. The Toonz are as cute as ever, regularly squelching, grinning, laughing and rolling their eye as events unfold.

Meanwhile, what could be quite a complex gameplay is made easy to understand by the animations that lead your eyes to the right place on the grid or the charge meter to see what’s coming up next at all times. Winning clusters are framed when they form, latest cluster values are displayed to the left of the grid so you can keep track, and the latest charge value is clearly shown on the meter to the right so you can see how far off the next feature you are.

This is a hugely entertaining game that matches gameplay with great sounds and visuals throughout and fully deserves a 10/10 for that!

RTP and Variance

Here’s an important thing to know – Play n Go slots have multiple RTP settings. Which you play at is at the discretion of your casino. So, it’s worth checking the game info screen first before you spin to be sure you are playing at the optimum setting. The settings for Gigantoonz are 96.25%, 94.25%, 91.25%, 87.25% or 84.25%.  I verified the RTP at five popular UK slot sites and this is what I found:

• MrQ (independent): 96.25% RTP
• Barz Casino (White Hat Gaming): 94.25% RTP
• Casumo (independent): 94.25% RTP
• Vegasland (Aspire Global): 87.25% RTP
• Duelz Casino (SuprPlay Ltd): 87.25% RTP

I would recommend playing Gigantoonz at MrQ, Barz or Casumo where the RTP settings are at the top 2 levels. The other sites are trimming the return back quite significantly and this will affect your chances of walking away with winnings in your pocket.

Gigatoonz is also a high variance slot so it will be unpredictable and can be a tough one to break down as well. But equally, it holds back because it can unleash some thrilling win sequences in which Mega Symbols and Cascades combine to exciting affect as we shall find out.

Maximum Win

One of the less exciting features of this game is the maximum payout which is capped at 4,000x. For a high variance game that is unimpressive these days when you can win prizes of 100,000x or more on some slots. We’ve put together a list of the highest paying Play n Go slots for comparison.

Symbols and Paytable

What I love about this game is the constant movements and drops that come from the basic Cluster Pays and Avalanches mechanic. The grid is big – 9x9- and wins are formed by landing 6 or more identical symbols in a horizontal or vertical line.

There is a wide range of values in the paytable maxing out at huge 1,250x for clusters of 30 or more of the top premiums, which of course are very hard to build.

The low paying symbols are the one-eyed Toonz characters in yellow, green, red, purple and blue. They are valued at from 0.1x for 6 yellows up to 20x for 30 or more blues. The premiums are the two-eyed Toonz, valued at from 0.6x for 6 blues up to 1,250x for 30 or more reds.

Features and Gameplay

It Looks Complex, But At It's Heart Gigantoonz Is A Simple Slot

Part of the fun of playing a slot as intricate at Gigantoonz is figuring out how it works and what to look out for as the game progresses. The rules seem quite complicated at first but at its heart is a simple principle – you build sequences of Cascading Wins to unlock more features to give you more chance of hitting those big wins.

The magic comes with how that is all woven together with the theme. So, lets break it down into each part to see how Gigantoonz can deliver those big moments.

Cascading Wins

To start, Cascading Wins set everything in motion.

After any cluster of 6 or more symbols lands in a vertical or horizontal line, winning symbols are removed and new ones brought in to replace them. If this triggers a win, then the process repeats. More wins may be triggered, and we go again. Until no more clusters are formed. You can see a Cascading Win in action in this screenshot.

Mega Symbols Come With Randomized Cluster Values

A core component of the game is the Mega Symbols which are supersized versions of the normal symbols. They come as 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6 or 7x7.

It is important to understand that the Mega Symbol is only 1 symbol when building clusters. So even it it’s a 3x3 it will only count as 1 towards your 6 symbol cluster. However, it does come with a random cluster value of between 1 and 13 which is used to calculate the win from the cluster it forms part of.

And … it’s also important to know that when a Mega Symbol is removed as part of a Cascade, it leaves a Wild behind. And, if after a Cascade, a Mega Symbol cannot drop down it downsizes into 1x1 versions of itself instead.

These are POWERFUL symbols and if you play Gigantoonz a few times you will start to see how helpful they can be.

Quantum Wilds Help Build Clusters

As well as standard symbols, you also have Quantum Wilds that help by substituting for any other symbol to complete a cluster.

In a ‘fair play’ gesture that I like in this game, after any non-winning spin, between 5 and 10 Quantum Wilds may be dropped onto the grid at random.

During my 200 test spins I counted Quantum Wilds dropping 10 times – so once every 10 spins, which isn’t bad. You can see one example in this screenshot.

Charging the Quantumeter To Unlock Features

Now, onto the main event and the engine that drives all the good stuff.

To the right of the grid you will see the Quantumeter which is a charge meter with a Gargantoonz Wild on top of it. With each Cascade, winning symbols are removed from the grid are dropped into the Quantumeter, charging it up to a maximum of 100.

NOTE: Charging only lasts as long as the win sequence. As soon as there is a dead Cascade, it re-sets to zero and you go again.

There are four charge levels on the meter – 25, 50, 75 and 100. With each, a new feature is unlocked. Those features are:

Disintegration: At 25 Charges all instances of 4 randomly selected symbols are removed from the grid triggering another Cascade.

Metamorphoses: At 50 Charges all instances of 1 symbol are transformed into a different symbol, potentially causing more wins and more Cascades.

Radiation: At 75 Charges between 0 and 4 Mega Symbols and 2 and 5 Quantum Wilds are dropped randomly onto the grid. Again, this may cause more wins and Cascades.

Gargantoonz: The ultimate goal is to build up 100 Charges which awakens the sleeping Gargantoon Wild. Then, the following feature plays out.

First, any Mega Symbols turn into Mega Gargantoon Wilds, with a minimum of 3 Mega Gargantoon Wilds appearing. Then, between 2 and 4 standard Gargantoon Wilds appear. More wins may be created, and more Cascades follow.

In the second phase, the Mega Gargantoon Wilds break down into 1x1 Gargantoon Wilds for the final sequence of wins and Cascades.