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So Much Sushi is a 5-reel, 3-row video slot from Microgaming with 25 fixed paylines and an RTP of 96.22%. Released in 2014, it sits alongside So Many Monsters and So Much Candy as part of the same mechanical blueprint with a different skin. The theme is Japanese street food - nigiri, salmon, roe, seaweed, rice - drawn in a clean, bright style that does the job without being spectacular.
Betting runs from 25p to £250 per spin. Coin sizes range from £0.01 to £1, and you can play between 1 and 10 coins per line. That gives genuine flexibility: casual players at minimum stake, higher rollers with room to push. The 25 paylines are fixed, so the only real decision before each spin is how much to bet.
The Much More Sushi Mechanic
The game's standout feature is symbol splitting. Any sushi symbol that forms part of a winning combination can split into up to five smaller copies of itself. On a single payline, that means a 5-symbol win can balloon into 25 symbols - 5 positions, each occupied by 5 split pieces. The multiplier potential here is significant: 560x stake is achievable on the base game.
It works like this: a winning combination triggers the split, the symbols divide, and the game recalculates your win with the expanded count. The split only applies to the sushi symbols (salmon, tuna, roe, octopus, seaweed), not to the card symbols (10 through Ace). Roe is the highest-value regular symbol, paying 400 coins for 5 on a line before any splitting.
The Microgaming logo acts as wild, substituting for all symbols except the scatter. Five wilds pay 300 coins. The scatter is a bottle of soy sauce - any two pay a cash prize, and three or more trigger the free spins round.
Free Spins Choices
When the free spins trigger, you pick from five options:
- 8 free spins
- 10 free spins
- 12 free spins
- 14 free spins
- 16 free spins
Fewer spins means bigger individual multipliers - 8 spins at the top end can produce a maximum payout of 64,000 coins on a single payline. The 16-spin option cuts that ceiling to 32,000 coins but gives you twice as many chances to land something. The mechanic is straightforward: pick your risk profile and play accordingly.
The feature can retrigger. Three scatter symbols appearing during free spins add another round of spins at the same setting you originally chose. The splitting mechanic remains active throughout, so free spins are where the larger wins happen.
How It Compares
If you've played So Many Monsters or So Much Candy, you already know exactly how So Much Sushi works. The symbol splitting, free spins selection, betting range, and RTP are all identical across the three games. The only difference is the theme. That's not a criticism - the core mechanic is solid - but if you're looking for something genuinely different from Microgaming, games like Immortal Romance or Thunderstruck II offer more distinct bonus structures.
Medium volatility means wins come at a reasonable frequency without the long dry spells of a high-volatility game. The 96.22% RTP sits above the industry average of around 95%, making it reasonably competitive on paper. Find a casino that offers it and you're playing one of the more player-friendly Microgaming titles of its era.
Verdict
So Much Sushi does one thing well: the splitting mechanic adds a layer of excitement to wins that straightforward payline games don't have. Watching a five-symbol combination split into 25 pieces across a payline is satisfying, and the potential for 64,000-coin wins in the free spins round gives it some ceiling. The graphics are adequate, the betting range suits most budgets, and the 96.22% RTP is decent.
The game is best suited to players who enjoy medium-volatility play and want something thematically lighter than the generic fantasy or fruit slots that dominated the same period. It's not a complex game and doesn't try to be. If the sushi theme appeals, play it. If it doesn't, play So Much Candy instead - you'll get the same experience with a different backdrop.
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