Ninja Ways Slot
Ready to face the ninja on five reels? No worries, as on this occasion he’s here to help players score big wins. On the latest creation from Red Tiger Gaming, he will showcase his skills in three random features plus a bonus round with up to 50 Ninja Spins, which could lead to max wins of 10,000x the bet on a single spin.
Ninjas have been admired throughout the world by those who have watched ninja-inspired movies or read one of the many legends and stories. These secretive Japanese agents were highly trained warriors doing the ‘dirty work’ for their royals. Their irregular warfare methods placed their status below the samurais, who adhered to strict rules of conduct. Ninjas were only bound by the orders issued to them, which gave them complete freedom to choose the ways and means to complete their mission successfully.
The Ninja Warrior Reels
As with all games from Red Tiger, expect a feast for the eyes when you open the slot. Lush graphics and stunning animations are coupled with an authentic background of a Japanese village at night – the typical time for ninjas to execute their missions. The entrance to a traditional pagoda with a red lantern on each side sets the frame for the intricate game window. A serene Japanese soundtrack is only interrupted by the usual reel noises as well as the sudden cries of the ninja when a random feature is triggered.
The reels of Ninja Ways are populated with nine pay symbols, one wild symbol and one scatter symbol. At the low end are an artistic character set of 10s through to As, designed in Japanese writing style. The premium symbols in ascending order of value are nunchakus, shuriken, kunai, and a golden ‘N’. The ninja himself is the wild symbol, substituting for all symbols except scatters. An artistic yin-yang symbol with a pair of crossed ninja swords composes the scatter symbol on this slot, with a minimum of five needed on adjacent reels to trigger the free spins.
The Warrior Numbers and Stats
Ninja Ways is a video slot with six reels, four rows and 4,096 ways to win. The main features include wild substitutions, three random reel modifiers, and a bonus round with up to 50 free spins. This medium-variance game with a trend towards high volatility is equipped with an RTP of 96.03%. The HTML5 format makes the game available for play on any desktop and mobile device across all OS platforms. The AutoPlay function allows you to play up to 100 consecutive spins, with two options as to when the run should stop.
Joining the ninja on the six reels starts at 0.20 coins and peaks at just 10 coins. That’s rather understandable, considering that the maximum win on a single spin reaches 10,000x the initial bet. Pays for a single five of a kind range from 0.8x to 8x the stake.
The Random Ninja Features
The Ninja Ways game has no fewer than three random features that can be triggered in the base game and free spins. Ninja Doors, Ninja Wild, and Ninja Ways guarantee a win on each occurrence. During the free spins, a minimum of one random feature will be activated on every spin. For each feature, the ninja will appear on the screen to slash the reels and award one of three reel modifiers.
Activating the Ninja Doors sees the warriors summoning a Mystery Door to a random position on the reels, which will reveal a mega block with a size of 2×2 or 3×3 symbols. For the Ninja Wild, the ninja leaps across the screen and leaves one or more special wilds on random reel positions. The special wilds have a multiplier attached, ranging from 2x to 8x. In the Ninja Ways feature, the fighter will fly across the screen one or two times to leave a trail of identical pay symbols on the screen.
The Ninja Free Spins
The scatter symbols can appear stacked on all reels. Hitting a minimum of five adjacent scatters from left to right in one spin will trigger the Ninja Spins bonus round. One the reels have stopped, the scatters on the reels will reveal one to five free spins. All amounts will be added to determine the total number for the round. During the free spins, the Ninja random features are triggered at a higher frequency – plus more than one can be activated on a single spin. Here is your best moment to hit the maximum win in a single spin on this slot.
Other Warrior Reels
Warriors, Vikings, samurais and, yes, ninjas are very popular appearances on slot reels. After all, we slot-playing folk like to have a proper brawl on the reels when it gets us to those monster wins. There is hardly a provider who has not at least some warrior-themed games in their portfolio. Among our favorite ninja-themed slots are The Ninja from Endorphina and 5 Ninjas from Eyecon.
The Final Verdict
With Ninja Ways, Red Tiger Gaming released yet another entertaining, feature-rich video slot that will provide exciting play sessions. The stunning artwork is combined with an unusually high hit rate that makes the slot suitable for bonus wagering. The random features seem to trigger on average every five to ten spins, producing mostly smallish wins with occasional big wins. The game play becomes especially suspenseful during the free spins, when more than one random feature can trigger in one spin – leading in most cases to mega wins. Got your shuriken ready to join the ninja?
