5 Mariachis is a video slot with 5 reels and 15 pay-lines powered by Habanero software. This festive slot is inspired with true meaning of fiesta. The slot will take you to a party where everything is about Mexico, Mariachi and piñatas. You can spin this slot her for fun, or you can visit Habanero Casinos to play for real.
Before you go out and start the celebration, you should set your betting range. When you click on "Bet Level +/-" you will set the number of coins per line you wish to bet. By clicking on "Coin +/-" you can adjust coins size which ranges from 0.01 to 20. "Autoplay" is used to set how many times you wish for reels to turn without interruption on an already chosen bet range. "Bet Max" sets the maximum bet that the slot allows, and spins the reels automatically, whereas "Play" sets the reels in motion.
Mariachis are the Substitute symbols in the game. Each Mariachi appears on a designated reel. These substitute for all the symbols in the game except for the Scatter and the Bonus symbol, and they appear during both the base game and the bonus feature.
Skull is the Scatter symbol in the game. If you land 3 or more of them you will get awarded with scattered wins which are multiplied by the total bet. The Scatter pays when appearing adjacent anywhere. To boot, if you land 3 or more of these you will be awarded with 15 spins. If you land a Senorita symbol during this feature, all of them can turn into one and the same symbol which randomly.
Piñata Pick feature gets triggered when you land 3 or more Bonus Piñata symbols on reels 2, 3 or 4 during either base game or free spins game. Pick a Piñata symbol to reveal an instant cash prize which can go up to x100 total bet.
Gameplay:
Bet Level +/-: Set the number of coins per line to bet.
Coin +/-: Adjust coins size.
Lines: Set the number of lines to bet.
Autoplay: Set how many times you wish for reels to turn without interruption.
Bet Max: Sets the maximum bet that the slot allows.
Play: Set the reels in motion.
There is a lot of slots based on Mexican culture and Mariachi bands but I am not big fan of them so this is the first slot I'm trying with that particular theme, its made by Hanabero in 2017 and it has 5 reels and 25paylines and the bet I played was the lowest 0.25$ because it was the first time I played the game and it seemed like reasonable amount because of the game RTP that is 96.97%.
The symbols in the game look really cartoon made and original, the biggest payout in the game is given by the tequila symbol, which pays 50-500x your line bet when you get 3, 4, or 5 of the symbols. The tequila bottle is followed symbols guitar, pepper, maracas, and cactus, which offer payouts that range between 12 and 350x your line bet. And at the bottom of the table are your card symbols Ace-K-Q-J, which offer the smallest payouts like in every other slot games. It would be really bad if that's all this game got to offer so there are 5 Mariachis symbols, all of which are wild symbols that appear on selected paylines only and are substitute all other symbols in the game except for the bonus(piñata) and scatter(skull) symbols and they are given a special makeover when they appear in the free spins round.
Free spins in a game are given when there are 3 scatter symbols(Skull) that land on adjacent reels, afterward you will be given 15 free spins I had 4 scatter symbols and expected something more, but 15 was maximum as I could tell. It seemed nothing changed playing free spins as it's a base game while playing, but after a few spins, I saw a Lady that appeared on the random reels and started giving kisses as the random symbols were given to me, sometimes a lot of them would appear and give a good paying symbol which was a little bit rewarding. I want to mention that the re-trigger is possible if you get 3 scatter symbols again while playing free spins and I managed to get that but payouts weren't anything spectacular as I got around 60x for playing 30 free spins.
Another bonus round game has is triggered by getting 3 piñata symbols on reels 2, 3, and 4, Afterward all 3 of them will appear in front of you and you have to choose once which will give you cash prize that can be anywhere from 2-100x your bet, I didn't get them that much just a couple times and they really disappointed me because of the prizes I was getting 2-5x my bet.
Free spins are not rewarding as you think it's easy to trigger them depends on your luck, to be honest but in 3 times getting them the payouts were very low 3x,10x,60x, as that this game seems like it's not bad for wagering because of the RTP, but nothing more than that, I realized quickly that its hard to get some mega wins playing it and gave up after 200-300spins.