By Doug Holmes
Summary
- NeEnt releases Fruit Shop Grand Re-Opening slot
- Min/max bet: 0.20/100
- Max payout: 5,000x
More than a decade after the original “Fruit Shop” first hit casino lobbies, NetEnt has made a comeback with “Fruit Shop Grand Re-Opening“, a sequel that blends the franchise’s classic fruit-filled charm with a modern lineup of bonus mechanics.
While the familiar market stall setting remains, this latest installment introduces respins, expanding reels, a Flavor Meter, multipliers, and several bonus features designed to keep gameplay fresh.
Fruit Shop Grand Re-Opening is played on a 5×3 grid with 13 fixed paylines, although the reels can expand up to 5×6, increasing the total to 34 paylines during bonus features.
The slot features a high-volatility model and offers several RTP versions, with the highest set at 96.37%. The paytable combines traditional fruit icons (cherries, grapes, plums, oranges, and watermelons) with classic card symbols (10, J, Q, K, A for the lower-paying symbols).
Five matching premium fruit symbols pay between 10x and 50x your bet, while five matching card symbols award up to 4x your stake.
Wild symbols appear on reels two through five and substitute for all regular symbols to help complete winning combinations.
Special Features
Fruit Shop Grand Re-Opening introduces the most feature-rich version of the series to date.
Respins are triggered by winning combinations that contain fruit symbols. Based on the size of the winning combination, you could receive between one and five additional respins, for extended winning streaks.
Landing three or more Fruit Bonus Scatter symbols triggers one of three available free spins modes with five Backyard Spins on a 5×3 grid, eight Garden Spins on a 5×4 grid, or 10 Orchard Spins on a 5×5 grid.
If free spins are triggered during a respin sequence, any remaining respins are converted into additional free spins.
Retriggering is also possible, with three scatters awarding three extra free spins.
The game’s biggest feature is the Flavor Meter, which fills whenever winning fruit combinations land during respins and free spins. As the meter progresses, you will get to unlock increasing multipliers, more free spins, and random bonus features.
During respins, multipliers grow from x2 to x14, while free spins can reach x75, with opportunities to climb even higher once the maximum multiplier has been achieved.
Exclusive to the bonus round, the Jumper Wild appears with a value between 5 and 15 jumps.
Whenever it forms part of a winning combination, it advances the Flavor Meter by its jump value, helping unlock bonuses and larger multipliers more quickly.
As the Flavor Meter fills during free spins, you can unlock several random bonus upgrades, including Extra Row to expand the reels, Sticky Wilds, Mystery Drop cash prizes worth 4x to 40x, Activated Fruit multipliers for selected symbols, and Upgrade, which transforms low-paying 10 symbols into Cherries.
These bonuses can stack together, creating more rewarding bonus rounds. Players who enjoy jumping directly into the action can purchase several bonus options.
At first glance, Fruit Shop Grand Re-Opening successfully modernizes one of NetEnt‘s most recognizable slot franchises without abandoning the relaxing atmosphere that made the original so popular.
The charming farmer’s market theme, polished visuals and soundtrack create a pleasant experience, while the expanded feature set gives players far more to explore than previous Fruit Shop releases.
