Oodles of Noodles

Oodles Of Noodles: Slot Overview

We all know Reel Kingdom's obsession with all things bass-related, but scroll through the studio's portfolio, and the team's soft spot for food quickly becomes apparent, too. Evidence of this culinary interest is provided by titles such as Pizza!, Pizza?, Pizza!, Big Burger Load It Up With Xtra Cheese, Lobster Bob's Sea Food And Win It, Mighty Munching Melons, and this here slot Oodles Of Noodles. For this game, Reel Kingdom has teamed up with a friendly panda bear who doesn't do much in the base game but comes alive in the free spins round to collect dishes (and prizes) from an ever-moving conveyor belt of food items.

The conveyor belt zips along the bottom of the screen below Oodles Of Noodles' 5x3 gaming grid, which looks like it has been placed in an Asian restaurant, one of those fancy ones with the wooden decor and whatnot. The adorable panda bear accompanies players at all times, though all it really does in the base game is rock from side to side, opening and closing its eyes. Oodles Of Noodles' vibe is ultra-light, ultra-friendly, charming, huggable, innocuous, all that sort of thing.

Oodles Of Noodles' gaming matrix possesses 10 paylines for landing winning combinations across from the leftmost side on adjacent reels. Despite the light atmosphere, this is a highly volatile online slot where players can pick stakes of 10 c to $/€250 per spin. They can also activate an ante bet, which grants a higher chance of triggering free spins for an extra spin cost of 50%. With or without the ante bet on the highest available RTP is 96.58%.

The pay symbols consist of calligraphic J-A royals, green leaves, mushrooms, eggs, avocados, a pink item, and peppers. Payout values for hitting 5 OAK winning combinations range from 10x to 200x the bet. The game does not have wild symbols, but it does have Panda symbols, though they do not appear in the base game.

Oodles Of Noodles: Slot Features

Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols triggers 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. If only 2 scatters happen to land, there is a chance that 1, 2, or 3 scatters are randomly added to the screen. While free spins are in play, five noodle bowls appear under the gaming area, holding random awards of cash or free spins. Each bowl has a random award on each spin. Possible monetary prizes are worth 2x to 2,000x the bet, while free spins awards range from 1 to 15.

Panda symbols appear only in free spins. When a Panda symbol lands, after the spin, it awards all values from all five noodle bowls. After each time the Panda symbol lands, it expands for all future free spins by one cell, up to a maximum of 15 cells on the reel strips. When it is expanded, the awarded money prizes from noodle bowls are multiplied by the number of cells visible on the screen when the Panda symbol lands.

Free Spins Buy

Oodles Of Noodles' free spins round can be bought for 100x the bet. When bought, 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols land to trigger the feature.

Oodles Of Noodles: Slot Verdict

Well that made for a cheerful little break from bass fish and trying to yank money symbols onto the deck. Little is a rather apt word since Oodles Of Noodles was not dripping in boundless helpings of thrills, spills, and chills. Its Panda symbol collecting prizes in free spins feature triggered a measure of curiosity, but after seeing the panda do its thing a few times, it did not take long for the novelty to melt away like prime rib roast at a buffet.

Reading about Panda symbols awarding all of the noodle bowl prizes, and not just the prize below the reel it landed on, came as a surprise. How magnanimous of it to do so. However, the result is that the Panda symbol did not land very often. For example, zero Pandas in a bonus round wasn't unheard of. Not saying the Panda symbol won't hit more often during sessions, and this did occur in the review, just that it wasn't as frequent as initially hoped. The concern is that without the Panda-triggered noodle bowl prizes, Oodles Of Noodles does not have much else going on. Wild-less line wins is about it. While some of the more valuable symbols can pop decent wins on their own, the base game was drab, as were many free spins.

When the panda in this tale is really filling its face, then Oodles Of Noodles can order up wins to a cap of 5,100x the bet. Okay, not a monstrous figure, but solid enough to give the game the pep it so desperately needs. A sub 5K max win might have really cemented Oodles Of Noodles' status as a lightweight diversion. As it is, the feature-less, raw ramen without seasoning base game, cutie pie graphics, and reliance on a single symbol for the bulk of the entertainment don't exactly provide the makings of a heavy-duty slot, but some may fall for Oodles Of Noodles' particular charms.