Taketori Monogatari

Taketori Monogatari Overview

Taketori Monogatari is a Japanese folk-tale slot from KA Gaming, released on 31 March 2023. Its name comes from the classic “Tale of the Bamboo Cutter”. The game runs on five reels and three rows with 20 paylines. SlotCatalog lists an RTP of 96% (the game is offered in several RTP versions) and stakes from 0.20 to 300 per spin. Volatility and maximum win are not published.

The Story Behind the Game

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is one of the oldest stories in Japanese literature. An elderly bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl glowing inside a bamboo stalk, and he and his wife raise her as their daughter. She grows into the beautiful Princess Kaguya, turns away every suitor and finally returns to her true home on the Moon. The slot borrows this cast directly: the young princess, and the old couple who took her in.

Symbols

The reels sit in a green bamboo frame in front of a temple garden full of pink blossom. The top symbols are the story’s characters: the princess with a golden fan, an old woman and an old man in court dress. Below them come a dragon pearl, a green bowl and two round charms in orange and pink, and the low tier is bamboo-styled A, K, Q and J. The princess is the Wild, and a jewelled branch acts as the Scatter.

Free Spins

According to the game description published by SlotCatalog, Scatters trigger free spins, and during the round the win multiplier rises by x1 with every spin.

Our Demo Spins

All of our screenshots were taken at a total bet of $20 ($1 per line):

• Two Wilds on reels 2 and 3 helped build a line win of $5, and the spin paid $30 in total.
• A spin with Scatters on reels 1 and 5 and two princess Wilds ended in a Mega Win of $310.89; line 20 alone paid $300.

Playing the Game

The 20 lines are fixed. The New Bet button changes the stake, Max Bet jumps to the top level, and holding the round spin button starts autospin. The current win, the total bet and the balance are shown along the bottom edge, and the info button opens the paytable.

Our Take

Taketori Monogatari is a calm, classic 20-line game with a well-known story behind it. The rising free spins multiplier is the main source of bigger wins, while the base game relies on the Wild princess. The free demo on the left runs without registration.

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