Super Rainbow Megaways: Slot Overview

Good day, everyone — here’s yet another release from the ever-crowded leprechaun category for players who can’t seem to get enough of this style of slot. This one is called Super Rainbow Megaways and it’s made by 1X2 Gaming, a studio with plenty of experience using Big Time Gaming’s Megaways engine. To be upfront, we weren’t exactly excited about heading back to the Emerald Isle for what feels like the hundredth time. It wouldn’t be such a problem if the game promised a burst of fresh ideas, but even the name Super Rainbow had us feeling a touch apprehensive. Still, like a reviewer dutifully sitting through yet another Godzilla reboot, we grabbed our tools and put Super Rainbow Megaways through a proper test to find out what it’s really offering.

Visually, Super Rainbow Megaways looks much like we anticipated — with one obvious absence. There aren’t any rainbows at first. They do show up later, once a particular feature activates. Until then, you’re looking at a purplish sky without rainbows, hovering over a neon-green valley, with little bunches of flowers dotted along both sides of the screen. On the audio side, Super Rainbow Megaways is as upbeat and bouncy as you’d hope. Maybe the chance to break into a Celtic jig is part of why providers keep returning to this setting? Overall, the presentation is polished and pleasant — generic, but well executed.

Super Rainbow Megaways runs on a layout split between 6 main reels showing 2-7 symbols each, plus a 4-position horizontal reel placed along the bottom of the screen between two Bag End-esque openings. Because the reel heights change from spin to spin, the number of ways to win changes too, ranging from 324 up to 200,704. The RTP can also vary significantly, reaching 96.13% at the top end but falling to 88.05% in certain markets. Rated highly volatile, Super Rainbow Megaways is available on any device and supports bets from 20 p/c to $/€25 a spin.

Looking at the paytable, the low symbols are 9-A, paying 0.5 to 0.9 times the stake for six of a kind. Above them are familiar Irish-themed premiums — four-leaf clovers, pipes, top hats, and leprechauns — which return 1 to 25x the bet for six of a kind. They’re not exactly groundbreaking choices. Rounding things out is a fluffy cloud wild symbol, which substitutes for any non-special symbol.

Super Rainbow Megaways: Slot Features

The key special symbol is the pot of gold scatter, which triggers free spins — although in some regions, players may be able to purchase them instead. Additional mechanics include tumbles, plus the headline extra known as the Super Rainbow feature.

Tumbles

Whenever a winning way lands, the contributing symbols are destroyed, allowing new symbols to tumble into the empty spaces. If those replacements form another winning way, it pays out and triggers another tumble.

Super Rainbows

When a wild symbol appears on reels 2 and 5, a rainbow graphic forms between them, and 1 wild symbol is placed onto both reels 3 and 4.

Free Spins

The bonus round begins when 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols land, awarding 12, 14, or 16 free spins, respectively. If additional scatters land, each one grants +2 extra free spins. During the bonus, 1 scatter on the screen awards +1 free spin; any further scatters award +2 free spins each. Two extra rules apply in free spins. First, a win multiplier is introduced, starting at 1 and increasing by +1 after every winning tumble. Second, if any reel reaches 7 symbols, it becomes locked at this height for the remainder of the feature. Locked reels will always show 7 symbols from that point onward and also award +1 free spin.

Buy Free Spins

Where permitted, players can enter the bonus round instantly using one of two purchase options. Buying 12 free spins costs 82x the bet and boosts RTP to 96.3%. Alternatively, buying 12 free spins with one reel locked costs 131x the bet and results in an RTP of 96.81%.

Super Rainbow Megaways: Slot Verdict

If you searched for “creatively bereft” in a visual dictionary, you could easily imagine a boardroom full of executives trying to invent something new, with a whiteboard that simply reads “Leprechaun.” It’s genuinely odd how many Irish-themed slots keep appearing. Sure, they can be cheerful and lively, but it’s still a bit deflating when a well-known studio rolls out yet another leprechaun-heavy outing. If the game shines with fresh mechanics, features, or ideas, a tired theme matters less. The issue is that Super Rainbow Megaways doesn’t bring much novelty to the table.

In practice, Super Rainbow Megaways feels like Pirate Kingdom with a few adjustments. One change is the predictable theme swap. Another is that the Super Rainbow feature replaces wild multipliers. To be fair, the first time Super Rainbow triggered, we expected more than just a single wild on reels 3 and 4, considering the middle of the grid was drenched in rainbow visuals. The feature can still do a decent job, and it’s close to a guaranteed payout when it activates. Free spins add more momentum thanks to the rising win multiplier and the locking reel mechanic, though as noted, it’s essentially Pirate Kingdom dressed up with pipes and top hats. Interestingly, even with far more ways to win than the pirate title, the max potential is a bit lower at 35,000x the bet.

As with many leprechaun slots, if the theme doesn’t appeal to you, you can probably cross Super Rainbow off your list. While it’s certainly capable of delivering solid features and big figures, the distinctly ordinary feel of the overall package may be the deciding factor.