King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2: Slot Overview

A good illustration of the “everything has two sides (or more)” notion is the chest-thumping giant ape Kong. Depending on the angle, Kong can be seen as a raging brute who accidentally levels cities, or as a lovable, fluffy figure who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Developer Blueprint Gaming has leaned into the softer version in its King Kong Cash online slot series, which includes King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas, and now digs further into the character with the follow-up, King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2.

That said, it’s not really a deep character analysis. Rather than dissecting Kong’s psyche, Blueprint has broadened the gameplay in King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2, introducing elements the first game didn’t include. We’ll cover those shortly, but first, the presentation: the scenery has been rearranged to show a different slice of the palm-filled, cliffside jungle. Wildlife is everywhere, yet nothing feels threatening—there’s a bespectacled tiger, a cigar-chomping rhino, and a parrot rocking a bandana. Kong is still the golden boss of the place, towering over a bright, cartoon-styled take on the natural world.

King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2 runs on a 6-reel, 4-row layout, offering 4,096 ways to score wins. It’s a medium-high volatility title with a default RTP of 95%. There’s only one way to play: stake 10 c to $/€25 per spin, then push on to unlock Collect symbols and power your way into the free spins bonus rounds through persistence and a bit of luck.

The lower-paying symbols award wins for 3-6 of a kind, while the higher-paying symbols pay for 2-6 of a kind. The low symbols are Nine through Ace, paying up to 1-1.5x the bet. The premium set is a crocodile, parrot, tiger, rhino, and Kong, worth up to 2 to 5 times the bet. The wild replaces all paying symbols and can appear on every reel except the leftmost.

King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2: Slot Features

King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2 comes packed with a hefty set of mechanics, featuring Cash Collecting, several Collect symbols to unlock, pick-style rewards, free spins, and super free spins.

Cash Collect

Banana Cash symbols can appear on any reel. When you begin a session, only the standard Collect Kong symbol is active on the leftmost and rightmost reel. Whenever Cash symbols and Kong Collect symbols are visible at the same time, the Kong symbol expands across the reels and the Cash symbol values are paid out. The 20x Mini, 50x Minor, 200x Major, and 2,500x Mega Cashpot symbols are also collected if they’re on screen alongside a Collect symbol. Each time a Kong Collect win happens, a fresh Kong Collect symbol type is unlocked for the base game and free spins, as follows:

• When Collect Kong has collected Banana Cash symbols in the main game, Lock & Spin Kong symbols are unlocked. Any initiating Cash symbols are held while other reels respin. This continues until no new Cash symbols land.
• When Lock & Spin Kong has collected Banana Cash symbols in the main game, Win Stepper Kong symbols are unlocked. Any initiating Cash values step up or down, filling the reel with Cash values.
• When Win Stepper has collected Banana Cash symbols in the main game, Cash Match Kong symbols are unlocked. Cash Match Kong matches all Cash symbols to the largest Cash symbol in view.
• When Cash Match has collected Banana Cash symbols in the main game, Super Collect symbols are unlocked. Super Collect collects any Cash symbols up to 5 times.
• When Super Collect has collected Banana Cash symbols in the main game, Banana Blitz is unlocked.

Once all 5 Kong Collects are unlocked, they stay active in both the base game and the free spins features. If a Golden Monkey is present when a Collect Kong activates, the Golden Monkey stores the values of any Cash symbols before it gets collected along with the Cash symbols.

Banana Blitz

Any Banana, Golden Monkey, or Golden Barrel symbol that isn’t collected adds bananas to the Banana Pot. When the Pot activates, players pick 1 of 3 on-screen Kongs to receive a prize:

• Banana Collect – collects all Banana and Monkey symbols in view.
• Kong Collect – can add a Collect symbol to 1 or both of the outer reels, plus Cash Banana and Golden Monkey symbols to any reels, guaranteeing a win.
• Free spins.
• Super free spins.
• Win Spin – adds a number of Kong high pays to the reels, guaranteeing a win.
• Jackpot Wheel – spins to award the Mini, Minor, Major, or Mega.
• +Spins – during free spins only. Up to 5 free spins are awarded.

Free Spins

Hitting 3 or more scatters awards 10 free spins with unlocked Kong symbols active. If the bonus is started with 4, 5, or 6 scatters, an additional cash payout of 20x, 100x, or 500x the bet, respectively, is also granted. The Cash Collect setup functions in free spins the same way it does in the base game. However, when Kong Collect symbols land, they are tracked on a progress meter. After collecting 3, 6, 9, or 12 Kong Collects, players receive a Cash Banana collection multiplier of x2, x3, x5, and x10, respectively, plus an extra +5 free spins each time.

Super Free Spins

Super free spins are only available via Banana Blitz. After triggering, Pick an Upgrade runs first and awards one of the following:

• Boost Trail – boosts the trail to the x2 level.
• 5 extra free spins.
• +Golden Monkeys – adds additional Golden Monkeys to the reels.
• +Golden Barrels – adds additional Golden Barrels to the reels.
• +Kong Collects – adds additional Kong Collects to the reels.

From there, super free spins continue under the same rules as standard free spins.

King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2: Slot Verdict

King Kong Cash first landed in 2016, and Kong has stayed busy ever since with multiple spin-offs, including a Jackpot King edition, a Megaways take, and naturally King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas. In classic Blueprint Gaming fashion, the studio has repeatedly tweaked and reworked the core idea, stretching it in different directions to get as much life out of it as possible and keep the catalogue well supplied. King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2 is another entry that develops in steady, almost careful increments, but the additions do round out the experience, which was genuinely decent to try.

At its core, King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2 is very much in Blueprint Gaming’s comfort zone. The studio has released plenty of these unlockable/standard collect-style slots under brands as varied as The Flintstones, Goonies Hey You Guys and Rick And Morty Strike Back. If you’ve enjoyed Blueprint’s previous efforts in this format, King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2 should be right up your street too. It includes the Banana Blitz feature, a reworked set of Collect symbols, and a 10,000x the bet max win. For players who like this type of game, it’s hard to find much wrong with King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2.

There are basically two ways to respond to King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2. The cynical take is to get annoyed at Blueprint Gaming for repackaging an older concept and shipping it to hit a release window; the other is to give in to King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas 2’s appeal and appreciate a well-rounded cash-collect slot complete with local jackpot prizes.