Ninja Fruits

The game uses a five-reel, three-row layout with 15 winlines. It is not a ways slot, not a cluster slot and not one of Play’n GO’s later cascading models. Wins are formed left to right on active lines, with fruit symbols sitting below the ninja character symbols in the paytable. The old master acts as the wild and substitutes for regular symbols, but not for the bonus or free spins symbols. Five wilds on a line pay 5,000 line-bet coins, while the top regular character pays 1,000 line-bet coins. That gives the base game a very old-school texture: long stretches of small fruit hits, then the occasional line hit that actually moves the balance.

The shuriken symbols only matter on reels three, four and five. Land all three and the Hit-the-Fruits mechanic triggers. This is not a modern wheel or hold-and-win clone; it is a short target-practice round where fruit targets appear and shuriken throws award coins when they connect. Each successful hit reveals a cash prize, with the feature paying up to 150x stake. Miss, and the ninja master knocks down the remaining fruit, ending the round.

It looks like a skill mini-game, but the result is still casino RNG. That distinction matters. There is no aiming system to master, no timing edge and no pattern to learn. As a pacing device, though, it works. The round interrupts the base-game grind without forcing the slot into the same free-spins-only shape as every book-style release.

Free spins use the Geisha symbol, which appears on reels one, three and five. Land that exact three-symbol setup and the game pays 5x total bet before starting the round. The Geisha then spins an umbrella to choose one regular reel symbol as the Extra Scatter. After that, her fan reveals the number of free spins awarded.

The chosen Extra Scatter is the whole point of the mode. It can pay without needing the usual line structure, and when it appears in enough positions it behaves closer to an expanding special symbol than a normal fruit or character icon. The strongest results come when a higher-paying ninja becomes the selected symbol, but fruit selections can land more often. Free spins cannot be retriggered, which keeps the round tighter but caps its comeback potential.

Public bet data for this old release is inconsistent. One current demo listing starts at roughly CA$1.60 and runs to about CA$120, while another catalogue-style listing shows a much lower floor near CA$0.02 and the same upper stake. Treat the casino’s in-game stake menu as final. There is no Ante Bet and no Bonus Buy, so players cannot pay to chase either feature directly. The title does include autoplay, quickspin and a gamble option after wins. In that gamble round, guessing card colour doubles the prize, while guessing suit pays 4x, up to five successive gambles.