Street Fighter II Slot Review

Intro

Street Fighter II is the legendary adaptation of the iconic arcade game into the video slot. NetEnt that’s famous for many other video slot games. In 2020, NetEnt managed to bring back to life one of the most popular games of the 1980s and do it with style. All the graphics, soundtrack, and animations closely resemble the original and bring back the nostalgia of the arcade.

Street Fighter II has the RTP rate of 96.06%, which is an average estimate among most video slots. The layout is quite unusual with it being a 5-reeler with 5 rows. Overall, the slot has 20 paylines, which still gives the player a chance to win. The betting range allows for a lot of freedom in terms of wagering. The minimum bet is C$0.2 and the maximum is C$700.

Gameplay & Bonus Features

Symbols:

There are quite a lot of symbols in Street Fighter II since the player has a choice of 8 characters. Each of these characters also has its own symbols. The symbols that are valued the lowest are depicted in the form of various letters.

The game mostly operates on clusters, when 4 or 5 symbols have to line up horizontally or vertically to explode and for the player to collect a win. A cluster explodes and causes the rest of the symbols to disappear and the reels are refilled.

For every character in a game, there is a separate Win and a Defeat symbol which also works as a feature for the fighting part of the game and can deal damage. They count as separate single symbols and 2×2 Colossal symbols.

The Win symbols can get a player a win of 30 x their bet if there are 16 or more symbols in a cluster. The Defeat symbols can get a player a win of 20 x their bet if there are 16 or more symbols in a cluster. Other low-valued symbols can get a player a win of 10 x their bet if there are 16 or more symbols in a cluster.

Features:

Street Fighter II presents the player with a choice of 8 different characters. There is a classic fighter scene at the beginning with two characters facing each other. Each of them has a health bar with 65 health points for the player and 75 players for the opponent. When each cluster explodes, it deals damage to the opponent. The gameplay of the video slot is very entertaining and has a lot of interesting features. Here are the features:

• Wild Meter: The Wild meter has 7 stars to offer to the player, which decreases each time attack is dealt with the player. The symbols involved in the counterattack can turn into stars and fill up the Wild meter. When it’s full, the player can perform a Wild attack.

• Colossal Symbols: Colossal Symbols in 2×2 will appear in the form of the Win and Defeat symbols.

• Random Wilds: As the name suggests, the Wilds appear randomly and can substitute other symbols in the game.

• Cascading Reels: When the player gets a win, other symbols explode and drop, making room for new symbols.

• Bonus Game: This game is called Car Smash Bonus Game and is activated after the player’s fighter loses the fight.

• Free Spins: As opposed to the previous feature, Free Spins are triggered by the player winning the fight. Overall, this mode has 4 bosses to defeat. After each win, the number of free spins increases and this continues until either there’s no health points or all bosses lose.

• Multiplier: The bosses have their own multipliers and they vary from boss to boss. The first one has a 2x multiplier, the second – 3x multiplier, the third – 5x multiplier, the fourth one – 10x multiplier.