Hula Balua

Hula Balua is a slot set long before the birds came to the island, when Elmo the sloth lived in the jungle making masks and growing giant tropical fruit. With the free demo, you can see the fruit merge right away, no sign-up needed.

How does Hula Balua work?

This is a scatter pays slot on a 6-reel, 6-row grid. It features big symbols, multipliers, redrops, random wilds, plus a Bonus and a Super Bonus, with a max win of 25,000x. It’s an ELK Studios slot starring Elmo from the Tropicool series, so fans of the series will be glad to see it. The jungle atmosphere, with tropical fruit and masks together, is bright and colorful.

How do big symbols and symbol merging create multipliers?

When identical symbols form a square or rectangle, they merge into one big symbol and add to the global multiplier. The multiplier a big symbol creates equals the number of small symbols it covers. The bigger the merge, the bigger the multiplier. The wider the same fruit gathers, the bigger the big symbol and the multiplier grow together, so the moment the screen is covered by one type of fruit is the most anticipated.

What are Sticky Redrops and Elmo Redrops?

Sticky Redrops keep awarding a redrop as long as more of the same symbol drops, and pay out once nothing more sticks. When Elmo drops, he gives a redrop and creates wilds along the path he walks. Both redrops give you a chance to gather more of the same symbol, so they connect naturally with big symbol merging. Wilds created by Elmo also help the merges.

What happens when bonus symbols overlap?

3 or more bonus symbols start the Free Drop bonus, and it can be retriggered. If two bonus symbols drop stacked on top of each other, all bonus symbols are upgraded to Super Bonus symbols. Stacked bonus symbols aren’t common, but when it happens it changes the whole character of the bonus, so it’s a rule worth remembering.

What should I check first in the demo?

RTP is 94.00%, official volatility is 7 out of 10, and max win is 25,000x. Hit frequency is 26.0% and bets run from €0.20 to €100. X-iter has 5 options, from a 2x bet up to a 500x Super Bonus that guarantees a big symbol on every drop. In the demo, watch how many cells wide the symbols merge.