For Anime Lovers, Here’s An Essential Guide To The Online Slots Game Themes Out There Posted Jun 26, 2024
If you’re an anime fan, it’s most likely that slot games, and the animated world around them, will appeal to your innate desires. When you visit an online casino, you will find plenty of slot games. It’s a highly competitive market but which games should you decide to play? You might think it’s just a case of playing the slot that offers the largest prizes. For many though, the choice comes down to the theme of the game and we wanted to equip you with this knowledge so you can make an informed choice of slot.
If you look at any list of online casino slots you will realize that a large number of themes exist. While slot players obviously want to win lots of cash, they like to play games that fit in with something they really enjoy.
The theme could be anything from Ancient Egypt to Irish Leprechauns. Or perhaps it’s a movie-related slot game to mythology, animals galore, jewels or even fishermen that is chosen to play.
All these themes are regularly used by slot designers, simply because they know that they will be attractive to a large number of players. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular slot game themes.
Ireland
‘Rainbow Riches’ is one of the most popular slot games ever produced. There have been several sequels but it’s the original game that remains most popular. There’s always been a link between gambling and the country of Ireland.
You’ve most likely heard of the phrase ‘the luck of the Irish.’ The hope of gamblers who play Irish-themed slots is that some of that luck may rub off on them.
How a game looks is very important, being eye-catching is a huge plus. Irish-themed slots are generally bright, colorful and cartoonish. With a rainbow, green fields (well, it is the Emerald Isle) and a pot of gold, it can’t be anything but colorful. Throw in a jolly looking leprechaun and players always seem to lap up these games.
Ancient Egypt
It’s almost impossible to go to the slots section of an online casino and not see some Egyptian-themed games. Again, it’s a theme that allows the designers to create a game that will immediately grab the attention of players.
‘Book of Ra’ has been followed by a whole host of sequels. Egyptian-themed games regularly use symbols such as pyramids, scarabs, ancient gods, hieroglyphics, snakes and scorpions. With an attractive backdrop of a temple, pyramid or desert, another successful slot is on the way.
Movie/TV/Video Game Tie-Ins
There are plenty of slot games that have come from another genre. By creating a slot that has already been a big hit either as a movie, video game or television series, you have a game that has an audience keen to play it.
The ‘Jurassic Park/World’ movies have become successful slot games. If the slot is licensed by the movie company, then that’s a real bonus.
The slot can include symbols that represent the main characters, there can be the movie soundtrack and hopefully even clips from the film. Those elements bring back plenty of memories for the moviegoer and make them keener to play the game.
Video games such as Tomb Raider’ and ‘Call of Duty’ have both become popular slot games. TV shows regularly become slot games and the more similar they are to the subject matter the better. ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ are just two of the TV shows that have become hit slot games.
Mythology/Fairy Tales
Slot designers regularly raid mythology and fairy tales for the theme of their games. There are so many to choose from and many a top slot game has them to thank for their theme. We’ve touched on the popularity of the Ancient Egyptian theme. Roman and Norse mythology are among the others that are used for slot games.
‘Rapunzel ', ‘Hansel and Gretel’ and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ are among the fairytale characters that have been turned into slot games. Again, they are themes that are common to plenty of people, particularly younger players.
Seasonal Games
Halloween and Christmas are two themes that are used for a whole stack of slot games. They are often so popular that it’s not just at a given time of the year that they are played at online casinos.
If you’re looking for a slot with a bit of bite to it, then there’s a good selection of games featuring vampires. Not all are as deadly as they can be though. ‘Ooh Aah Dracula’ goes down the cartoonish route and it’s a very funny game to play.
Whether it is zombies, werewolves or classic tales such as ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,’ all have been turned into slot games.
When you have some time off during the festive season, then online casinos will have plenty of seasonal games to play. There’s no shortage of games that feature Santa such as ‘Santa’s Riches’ for example. Elves are here, there and everywhere as are Christmas presents and lots of snow.
Slot designers can also mix themes together. The ‘Big Bass’ slot games have a fishing theme and have been hugely successful. It was perhaps inevitable therefore that ‘Christmas Big Bass Bonanza’ would be released. Even Scrooge and leprechauns get a seasonal outing.
You can see therefore that the theme of a slot is very important. It’s all part of creating a product that will grab the attention of players in what is a very crowded market.
