Puebla Parade

Theme and Design

It’s hard not to love the bright and colourful design of Puebla Parade. The atmosphere is fantastic with a backdrop of a warm afternoon in some Mexican town, bunting hanging from the trees, tables filled with beer bottles and party in full swing. Dancers are coupling up in the background and a lilting Mexican guitar plays and picks up pace as the reels spin. There is plenty of cheering when you hit a good run of features too. The central theme of Senor and Senorita Wilds pairing up is beautifully animated on the reels and this is game that moves along at a nice pace. In short, the sound and visuals make this a great game to immerse yourself in with a really positive and upbeat vibe.

RTP and Variance

Puebla Parade has five possible RTP settings: 96.2%, 94.2%, 91.2%, 87.2% or 84.2%. Which you play at will depend on your casino. We verified the RTP at five of the best UK slot sites to find out which were running the game at the optimum RTP. 

• Casumo (independent) – 94.2% RTP
• BacanaPlay (Skill on Net) – 91.2% RTP
• Barz Casino (White Hat Gaming) – 94.2% RTP
• Vegasland (Aspire Global) – 87.2% RTP
• Pub Casino (L and L Europe) – 94.2% RTP

It was disappointing to see that none of the sites in our test sample were running Puebla Parade at its optimum RTP. If you can’t find a site with 96.2% RTP for this game, the next best are Casumo, Vegasland or Pub Casino which run Puebla Parade at 94.2%.

This is a medium-high variance slot, less volatile than Play n Go classics like Book of Dead, and offering a more balanced pay model and even win distribution.

Maximum Win

The top payout in Puebla Parade is 5,000x. This OK for a mid-variance game but if you want better potential then you could try one of their more volatile games like Clash of Camelot (35,000x) or Wild Falls 2 (15,000x). Or check our list of Play n Go’s highest max win games.

Symbols and Paytable

This is a 5 reel by 4 row game with a Win Ways mechanic. That means, payouts are made for identical symbols landing from left to right on adjacent reels, regardless of their position on that reel. The reel set can grow to up to 7 rows high as it expands as special Pareaja Wilds are formed.

Paytable values are unimpressive. However, that is offset by lots of wilds, walking wilds, re-spins and free spins that can enhance your odds of creating winning combinations.

The card symbols are the low-paying ones and are presented as an A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9. These are valued at from 0.2x for 3 9’s up to 0.6x for 5 Aces. The premiums are the guitar, salsa and chips, tacos, skulls, and piñatas. These are valued at from 04.x for 3 Salsas up to 4x for 5 pinatas.

But what makes Puebla Parade an interesting and exciting slot are the Wilds which come in 3 formats – Senor, Senorita and Pareja. As we shall see, as well as subbing in for other symbols to create wins, they also trigger free spin, re-spins and reel expansions.  They also pay out 6x where 5 appear on a payline.

Features and Gameplay

I loved the simplicity of this game and the way the headline feature draws inspiration from Spanish dancing at a festival. Your objective is to land dancers and pair them up to trigger re-spins and free spins. 

Wilds, Re-Spins and Free Spins

The Senor and Senorita Wilds must land at the same time to start their own feature. Here, they trigger 2 re-spins in which they stick on the reels but they also move around with each spin.

If they meet, they form a Pareja, or pair of dancers.

At this point they take on a 2x multiplier to enhance any wins that pass through them. They also increase the reel set by an extra row. This continues up to a maximum of 7 rows high.

Look out for more Wilds landing during the re-spins as this sets the counterback to 2.

But it doesn’t stop there.

You can also trigger 8 free spins by creating 3 Parejas on the grid. During the bonus, your Parejas now have 3x multipliers which they carry with them for the rest of the free spins.