Hanzo’s Dojo Slot Review

Hanzo’s Dojo is a video slot from Yggdrasil Gaming with 5 reels and 25 paylines. This feature-packed slot was originally released in August 2018 and can be played at online casinos such as Maria Casino, Guts or PlayOjo.

Theme and basic information

With Hanzo’s Dojo we’re getting a Japanese themed slot based on sensei Hattori Hanzo. He’s training the fiercest warriors, who can all be found on the reels. Still, the setting is quite serene. We’re looking at a dojo in the evening light, a cherry tree is set to the right along with a few lanterns.

The background music is also serene and fits well with the Asian theme. As usual, the slot is beautifully done and visually impressive, which includes some cool effects.

On the reels we find the four warriors: the sumo wrestler, a samurai knight, a female warrior and another male warrior. Four more elemental symbols may well represent the four elements: earth, water, air and fire.

The four warriors are worth between 160 and 235 coins for winning combinations of five of a kind. The low-value symbols are worth between 30 and 60 coins.

You can play this slot from €0.10 to €125, making it a good choice for the budget conscious and those who dare a little more.

Base game

There’s much to talk about when it comes to this slot. One of the special features in this slot that is active throughout the game are the Rooftop reels. There are three reels that sit above the three middle reels of the main reel set. Here you will find Hanzo himself, who can trigger the Hanzo’s free spins feature. Then there’s a Wild symbol, which will turn the reel below completely wild. And you can get a free spin symbol here that can trigger an additional +4 spins plus a booster feature, should you get at least two more free spin symbols on the main set of reels. More on that later.

Hanzo’s free spins are only active during the base game. Here you will need three Hanzo symbols in the rooftop reels, though the expanding wild symbol can be added into the mix as well. During Hanzo’s spins you will receive 3 free spins, where a randomly selected symbol will appear as a 3×3 symbol on the three middle reels and is locked in place there. When another free spin symbol appears on the rooftop reels, you will receive an additional spin plus a booster.

Hanzo’s free spins can easily yield 10x to 30x your stake.

Bonus features

The free spins are triggered when you collect at least three free spin symbols anywhere on the reels, including the rooftop reels. You can get at least 9 free spins, but 10 are possible to start with as well, if you get at least one rooftop free spin symbol, which award 4 spins and a booster. In theory, you might even get three rooftop free spin symbols with a booster each, but we have not heard of that happening and that might just be a bit too much anyway.

In any case, when you kick off the free spins, the three middle reels transform into one giant reel, which will spin away with just one symbol. But only if you can get any of the boosters (one or two at most, usually), you might be in for some impressive wins:

• Plus 2 extra spins
• A win both ways booster
• A 3×3 symbol nudge, which nudges the middle reel so that a partial symbol appears on it fully
• A 2x multiplier
• The 5th reel becomes wild

Boosters are only awarded by the free spin symbols landing on the rooftop reels. The free spin symbols landing there will give you one additional spin as well as one of the boosters mentioned above.

We once got a wild 5th reel and the win both ways booster, which gave us four big wins in a row. That won’t happen every time you trigger the free spins, but once is really enough.

Conclusion: A fantastic slot with awesome features

The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) of Hanzo’s Dojo is 96.1%. That’s actually only an average value, but we found this slot to be on the giving side. The game is beautifully done and brings us some really good features that will keep you playing for a long time.

Hanzo’s spin are not a super frequent feature, but they will show up often enough. Wild reels are what you see most often, of course. And during more than 600 spins we triggered the free spins four times. They’re not always super rewarding, but they can be. We ended our play on Hanzo’s Dojo up 250x our bet, walking away on a fantastic high. Sure, we lost some here and there as well, but like we said, one great free spin round is enough to make you feel like a winner. And that’s when you should walk away, because once in a while the slot can be pretty volatile.