Legendary Battle of the Nian

Legendary Battle of the Nian Review

The Legend of Nian centers around villagers battling a lion-headed beast that wreaked havoc on their crops. The game itself doesn't quite reach legendary status, especially for Western players.

It may resonate more in the East, though the generic oriental presentation lacks excitement, with only Cascading Wins and Wilds to add life to the base game. The bonus round offers a mystery prize reveal at the end, and jackpot prizes are possible by upgrading positions to level 3. Upgrade all positions to level 3 to win the Grand Jackpot, and the overall max win is a decent 5,965x your stake.

Legendary Battle of the Nian Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 1.2 and 6 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the Chinese Dragon Wild substitutes for pay symbols to complete wins. The Wild symbol has no value of its own and appears only on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. Winning symbols are removed by the Cascading mechanic and replaced by new symbols dropping from above. This repeats as long as you keep winning.

You need at least 3 firecracker scatters to trigger the Prize Free Games feature, awarding 15 free spins. The triggering scatters turn their positions into Level 1 Firework positions, and the same occurs for scatters landing on non-level 1 positions during the feature.

If scatters land on a Level 1 position, it upgrades to level 2, and then to level 3 if another scatter lands there. Landing 3 scatters simultaneously awards 15 additional free spins. The bonus round functions like the base game, but all Level 1-3 positions reveal a bonus prize in the end. The prizes increase per level:

• Level 1 positions award prizes between 0.5x and 1.33x your stake.
• Level 2 positions award prizes between 1.67x and 5x your stake.
• Level 3 positions award prizes between 6.67x and 16.67x your stake.

Level 3 positions can also award a Minor or Major prize, paying 33.33x or 166.67x your stake, respectively. Upgrading all 15 positions to level 3 awards the Grand Prize of 5,000x your stake. Finally, eligible players can purchase the bonus round for 60x the stake.

The 200 Spins Legendary Battle of the Nian Slot Experience

A brief glimpse of the base game precedes the bonus round purchase.

Review Summary

Legendary Battle of the Nian isn't the strongest offering. The oriental visuals are somewhat disorienting. The pace of the cascading wins mechanic is slow, making the base game tedious. Adding some kind of feature would help, as relying on cascading wins gets old fast.

The bonus round is somewhat exciting, but the prize reveal is often anticlimactic. Rarely do you get even a single level 3 position, resulting in measly prizes. Even the “jackpots” from level 3 positions aren’t impressive, and filling the grid with level 3 positions is rare. The 5,956x potential is decent for a medium volatile game.