Emoji Planet from NetEnt: Slot Review - show your best smiley face!

Emojis or emoticons began life as colourful images that people used in Japan to communicate with each other on their mobile phones in the late 1990s. Nowadays, emojis are mainstream and are an acceptable form of communicating with other people that is of course if you cannot be bothered writing any text and feel an emoticon sums up your thoughts nicely! With the summer release of the Emoji movie, there seems to be a craze for emojis right now and NetEnt noticed this trend so they decided to release this slot to appeal to all emoji fans out there.

Emoji Planet is a 5-row slot with 6 columns that includes Avalanche Reels, Wild Symbols, and 5 different Emoji features.

Special Features

The first thing to highlight about this game is that it features Avalanche reels. In a nutshell, these are reels where symbols fall into place rather than spin like most standard reels. To land a winning combination, you need to form clusters of 5 or more matching symbols, the more symbols you get then the bigger your wins become. When you land a win, the winning symbols will explode and are then replaced by new symbols. This gives players the opportunity to land consecutive wins provided that matching clusters keep appearing on the reels. The Avalanche feature can also be found in NetEnt’s classic slot Gonzo's Quest.

The Wild symbol is represented by a yellow star with the word ‘Wild’ below it. Like most Wild symbols, it substitutes for all other symbols except to help form winning combinations on the reels.

As you play the game, you will notice some emoji icons to the right-hand side of the reels. These are Emoji meters and they fill up each time you get a win. Once an Emoji meter is filled with 12 spaces then the corresponding Emoji feature will trigger. The 5 Emoji features consist of the following:

• Bomb feature: 8 random symbols are destroyed and a cash prize ranging between 5X up to 100X is awarded for each symbol that is destroyed.
• Pizza feature: a 3x3 overlay of a random symbol appears on the screen. It does not include Wild symbols.
• Kiss feature: 3 Sticky Wilds are randomly added to the reels. Each Sticky Wild has 3 lives and when 1 of them is part of a winning combination, it will lose a life. When all 3 lives are lost, the Sticky Wild symbol disappears.
• Rocket feature: A stack of 10 Wild symbols appear on and above one of the reels to create a winning combination.
• 2 Hearts feature: This triggers when there are no more winning combos. Your total win is multiplied by the number of times the meter is filled up plus one.

Theme, Graphics and Sound

The graphics are absolutely outstanding from the fantastic intro video right through to the lively animations that play out behind the reels. You will notice floating red balloons, dancing emoji devil girls, a colourful rainbow, a disco-style background and if you look really closely you will even see Gonzo pop up from time to time who is the star of the NetEnt slot Gonzo’s Quest. It is certainly one busy looking slot! Symbols consist of a variety of popular emojis including a Crying Face, a Pizza, a Bomb, a Rocket, a Red Lipstick Kiss, and of course the obligatory Poop icon! The animations are superb as symbols pop and explode leaving a nice trail of stardust whenever you form a win on the reels.

The music is poppy, catchy, and full of light techno sounds. It complements the zany theme of the game perfectly.

Win lines, Payouts and Jackpots

The game has a 5 row 6 column layout, an excellent RTP of 96.4%, and a fantastic maximum payout worth 5,000X your wager.

Below is a summary taken from the PayOut Table from the game. The amount won for each combination depends on the value of the bet when you spin the reels.

Bet Range: 0.20, 0.40, 0.60, 0.80, 1.00, 1.20, 1.40, 1.60, 1.80, 2.00, 2.40, 2.80, 3.20, 3.60, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00, 12.00..200.00

• Crying Face Symbol: 40 for 5X, 60 for 6X, 80 for 7X, 9,000 for 29X, 10,000 for 30X
• Alien Face Symbol: 30 for 3X, 40 for 4X, 60 for 5X, 4,000 for 29X, 5,000 for 30X
• Poo Symbol: 20 for 3X, 30 for 4X, 40 for 5X, 3,900 for 29X, 4,500 for 30X
• Rocket Symbol: 10 for 3X, 15 for 4X, 20 for 5X, 1,600 for 29X, 2,000 for 30X
• Kiss Symbol: 10 for 3X, 15 for 4X, 20 for 5X, 1,600 for 29X, 2,000 for 30X
• Pizza Symbol: 10 for 3X, 15 for 4X, 20 for 5X, 1,600 for 29X, 2,000 for 30X
• Bomb Symbol: 5 for 3X, 10 for 4X, 15 for 5X, 1,500 for 29X, 1,800 for 30X
• Blue Heart Symbol: 5 for 3X, 10 for 4X, 15 for 5X, 1,500 for 29X, 1,800 for 30X

Our Verdict on Emoji Planet

This slot is produced by acclaimed software producer NetEnt and it is a really fun game to play. When you play this slot, you will realise straight away that it is not your typical online slot thanks to the excellent Avalanche feature. These reels can provide huge payouts especially when you consider that you can win as much as 5,000X your bet on each Avalanche! The 5 Emoji features also keep things interesting as they force you to keep a close eye on the 5 different Emoji meters as you play the game. I found this slot to be of Medium variance so you won’t have to wait too long until you bag yourself a nice payout.

Avalanche your way to a massive win in Emoji Planet!