Online gambling, like technology in general, has been a story of consistent progression ever since it sprang on the scene. According to an Internet search, the first online gambling outlet for general members of the public was ticketing opportunities for the Liechtenstein International Lottery back in October 1994. The industry has progressed in leaps and bounds since then to become a multi-billion dollar juggernaut providing gamblers with a huge variety of ways to take a punt, including online slots that continue to get more immersively complex as the years pass by.
Or not, as is the case with Tucanito from developer Pragmatic Play. Tucanito is about as bare-bones basic as it gets. It lacks any sort of free spins feature; there's no additional bonus round, nothing aside from hitting line wins except a scatter-paying bonus symbol. Hopefully, you like the look of the base game then because this is it for the duration of a Tucanito session. It'll help if you like the somewhat retro appearance, as well, where a table of symbol values sits above the active reel set. The rest of the view, peeking out around the edges of the gaming area, would suggest we're in a tropical spot somewhere on the globe, thanks to clues like palm trees, sand, and sea. In the bottom right of the screen stands our toucan pal, Tucanito, presumably, with added wackiness provided by a quasi-Oompah backing track.
>The reel setup keeps things simple, too, where a 5x3 grid matrix is crossed by 5 paylines for evaluating wins. Regular line wins begin on the leftmost side and must land over consecutive reels. Tucanito's math model has been rated 3.5 out of 5 by Pragmatic Play, making it medium-high volatile while producing a RTP figure of 96.5%. Joining Tucanito requires picking a stake where the lowest option is 5 p/c and the highest is $/€100 per spin.
Edible items make up most of Tucanito's pay symbols, such as kiwifruit, dragon fruit, pineapples, an unidentified fruit, bananas, and what look like figs. These symbols pay 40 to 200 times the bet if a winning combination of 5 matching symbols lands. The exception is the toucan symbol, sitting at the top of the paytable, capable of triggering wins of 1,000 times the bet when a line of five lands. There are no wilds.
Oh, you wanted features? Well, Tucanito has a bonus scatter symbol that can land on any reel. It pays from any position as well, so when 3, 4, or 5 bonus symbols are in view, players collect a win worth 10x, 50x, or 250x their stake, respectively.
>This is going to be short and hopefully sweet since there isn't a heck of a lot of things to say about Tucanito. There just isn't a heck of a lot to Tucanito in the first place. It's a jolly-vibed, friendly presented, almost retro trip of a slot that keeps things about as simple as they can possibly be. Its simplicity is a double-edged sword that will either draw in players looking for something easy peasy to roll along with or bore the undies off others looking for even the slightest modicum of additional features. Okay, there's a pay from any position scatter symbol, big whoop. Other than that, it's like spaghetti bolognese - hold the bolognese, or a hamburger without the patty and sauce, or… well, you get the idea.
And that's about all, folks. Tucanito is a game that takes a nano-second to figure out how to play and about half that amount of time to figure out if it's a game you actually want to play. Its possible positive aspects are the fact that very little mental effort is required to follow what's going on, and its drip-drip relentless pace is pretty swift while being able to deliver nice wins here and there. As for max win, this was not noted in the game info, but technically, a full screen of toucans would be worth 5,000x the bet. However, while toucans did land two to a reel every now and then, they never landed fully stacked on a reel, so it's hard to say whether they actually can or not.
After reviewing slots like The Crypt and Chaos Crew 2 around the same time, Tucanito was a game that stood out like a sore thumb, though not always for the most exciting reasons. But hey, some may be right in the mood for an undemanding, easy breezy laxed tropical session.
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