A lot of Christmas-themed slots were launched this holiday season and a lot of the titles were traditional in every way. Elk Studios, as usual, stepped out of the box with their Taco Brothers Saving Christmas online slot, using their popular Taco Brothers machine as base for this year’s holiday release with a jolly twist!

The game was released in November 2016, and shows us how a traditional Mexican family, which we all know and love, deals with problems caused by the evil Captain Diaz during the holidays. Join the townspeople of Santa Maria and bring back the holiday cheer to their humble homes by helping Paso, Pepe, and Pico chase down Captain Diaz across 243 winning lines.

Just in time for Christmas comes Taco Brothers Saving Christmas with a theoretical return to player (RTP) of 96.4% on bets ranging from €0.10 all the way up to €50 per spin. If you are in the mood for some Christmas cheer, why not join our friends Paco, Paso and Pepe as they rescue Christmas while providing you with the chance to win up to.

The festive Taco Brothers Saving Christmas slot machine, released by Elk Studios, is a special edition sequel to the original and highly popular game featuring brothers Pico, Paco, and Pepe, who are once again summoned to try and save their town from the evil Captain Diaz, all with the helping hand of beautiful Senorita. 'Weird Al' Yankovic's Greatest Hits is a compilation album of parody and original songs by 'Weird Al' Yankovic, featuring his best known songs from his first five studio albums, all of which were released in the 1980s.

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Quick Facts

Software: Elk Studios Reels: 5
Paylines: 243 Coin value: $0.10 – $50
Wild: Yes Scatter: Yes
Free Spins: Yes Bonus Game: No
Multiplier: Yes Gamble: No

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Gameplay

Target Circle is a loyalty program where you can earn 1% in Target Circle earnings rewards every time you make an eligible purchase with non-RedCard payment, which can be used at Target, in-store or online. Taco Brothers Saving Christmas Slot Review Join the three taco brothers and help them provide food to their fellow villagers. Be careful though because Captain Diaz is always lurking nearby trying to put you behind bars. Lucky for you, his charming daughter is on your side.

If you had the chance to play Taco Brothers the original release, you’ll be familiar with the symbols involved. Paso, Pepe and Pico are the main characters, accompanied by a guitar, a cactus, a bottle of tequila, a lantern, a shovel and various special icons.

Reels are shown in a standard 5×3 formation, but you won’t be able to complete regular pay lines. Instead, you’ll benefit from a modern 243 ways to win payout system. Starting from the leftmost reel, you only need to line up three or more identical symbols to create a winning combo.

Taco Brothers Saving Christmas offers you 3 betting strategies: Jumper, Leveller and Booster. Coin size ranges from $0.10 to $50, which accommodates all kinds of players, whether they are cautious amateurs or experienced high rollers.

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It would be a shame for such a colorful slot not to have matching bonus features, equally creative as the game’s design. Luckily, Taco Brothers Saving Christmas slot has an assortment of special features starting with Wilds. A Christmas tree bell is one of the Wild symbols, whereas the game’s logo is the other.

The logo of the game also works as a Scatter that triggers a Re-Spin feature.

Wild Escape Bonus

The Safe Bonus symbol is attached to the Wild Escape bonus game. It is a Free Spins round, all spiced up (just like Mexican food) with multipliers and so-called Running Wilds. These are represented by the Taco Brothers themselves every time one of them lands on the fifth reel. As a Taco Brother Wild moves, it seems as if he’s running and performing a Wild Escape.

Captain Diaz will be persistent in his intent to put all three Taco Brothers behind bars which will eventually end the round. The lovely Señorita will try to help the brothers and award your efforts with more free spins.

Verdict

If you like Christmas-themed slots but you’d like something a bit more original, head out to your favorite casino and load Taco Brothers Saving Christmas slot. It is fun, beautifully designed and has a bunch of entertaining and profitable bonus features.

The RTP is 96.4%, which makes it the highest paying Elk Studios slot, together with Wild Toro and Poltava slots. The volatility is relatively low and the game delivers smaller, but frequent wins.

'Weird Al' Yankovic's Greatest Hits is a compilation album of parody and original songs by 'Weird Al' Yankovic, featuring his best known songs from his first five studio albums, all of which were released in the 1980s. 'Weird Al' Yankovic's Greatest Hits was met with mostly positive reviews from critics, with Heather Phrase of AllMusic noting that it provided a good overview of the early part of Yankovic's career. Despite this, the album failed to chart upon release, and ranks as one of Yankovic's lowest-selling records.

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Music[edit]

The music featured on the album span Yankovic's release in the 1980s, with the earliest songs being recorded in 1983, and the most recent song being recorded in 1988.^[1] Yankovic's 1983 debut album is represented solely by 'Ricky'.^[1][2] Both 'Eat It' and 'I Lost on Jeopardy' were taken from Yankovic's 1984 release 'Weird Al' Yankovic in 3-D.^[1][3] Yankovic's third album, Dare to Be Stupid has three songs featured: 'Like a Surgeon', the eponymous 'Dare to Be Stupid', and 'One More Minute'.^[1][4] 'Living with a Hernia' and 'Addicted to Spuds' were culled from the 1986 album Polka Party!.^[1][5] Finally, Yankovic's then-recent studio album Even Worse is represented by 'Fat' and 'Lasagna'.^[1][6]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

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Heather Phares of AllMusic noted that, 'though [the album] only covers the first half of 'Weird Al' Yankovic's career, it nevertheless features nearly all of his best work'.^[7] She highlighted 'Eat It', 'Fat', and 'I Lost on Jeopardy' as the album's stand-out tracks, and concluded that the release 'is still the most consistent and concise album in his catalog, and a great introduction to his very special brand of musical humor.'^[7] Fred Cisternia of Amazon.com gave the album a relatively positive review, writing that, 'If you want to take a funhouse mirror trip back to the 1980s, Greatest Hits is a good way to do it.'^[8] Nathan Brackett and Christian Hoard, in The Rolling Stone Album Guide, awarded the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, denoting that the album averaged between good and excellent.^[9]

Commercial performance[edit]

The record was released on October 18, 1988, and upon its release failed to chart. As of January 1997, the album was one of Yankovic's least-selling records, although it ranked above several other albums such as Yankovic's second greatest hits compilation, The Food Album, the soundtrack album to his 1989 film 'UHF', The TV Album, and the Permanent Record box set in terms of sales.^[10]

Track listing[edit]

1. 'Fat' (orig. Michael Jackson, arr. Yankovic)^[11] – 3:37
   • Parody of 'Bad' by Michael Jackson;^[12] the spoof discusses a man's obesity, which is blown out of proportion.^[6] From the 1988 album Even Worse.^[13]
2. 'Eat It' (orig. Michael Jackson, arr. 'Weird Al' Yankovic)^[11] – 3:21
   • Parody of 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson;^[12] a song about a parent's exasperating quest to get their picky child to eat.^[14] From the 1984 album 'Weird Al' Yankovic in 3-D.^[13]
3. 'Like a Surgeon' (orig. Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly, arr. Yankovic)^[11] – 3:32
   • Parody of 'Like a Virgin' by Madonna;^[12] the song is about an incompetent surgeon performing surgery.^[4] From the 1985 album Dare to Be Stupid.^[13]
4. 'Ricky' (orig. Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn, arr. Yankovic)^[11] – 2:36
   • Parody of 'Mickey' by Toni Basil;^[12] this is an ode to I Love Lucy with Yankovic playing the part of Ricky and Tress MacNeille as Lucy.^[15] From the 1983 album 'Weird Al' Yankovic.^[13]
5. 'Addicted to Spuds' (orig. Robert Palmer, arr. Yankovic)^[11] – 3:50
   • 'Addicted to Love' by Robert Palmer;^[12] a song about a man's obsession for potatoes and potato-based dishes.^[5] From the 1986 album Polka Party!.^[13]
6. 'Living with a Hernia' (orig. Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight, arr. Yankovic)^[11] – 3:20
   • Parody of 'Living in America' by James Brown;^[12] the song discusses various types of hernias.^[5] From the 1986 album Polka Party!.^[13]
7. 'Dare to Be Stupid' (Yankovic)^[11] – 3:25
   • Style parody of Devo;^[16] the song recounts a list of 'stupid' things a person can do.^[4] From the 1985 album Dare to Be Stupid.^[13]
8. 'Lasagna' (arr. 'Weird Al' Yankovic)^[11] – 2:46
   • Parody of the folk song 'La Bamba';^[12] a song centered largely around Italians and Italian cuisine.^[6] From the 1988 album Even Worse.^[13]
9. 'I Lost on Jeopardy' (orig. Greg Kihn, Steve Wright, arr. Yankovic)^[11] – 3:28
   • Parody of 'Jeopardy' by The Greg Kihn Band;^[12] a Jeopardy! contestant details why he lost.^[13] From the 1984 album 'Weird Al' Yankovic in 3-D.^[13]
10. 'One More Minute' (Yankovic)^[11] – 4:04
    • Style parody of Elvis Presley-like Doo-wop;^[17] the song describes the myriad tortures that the singer would sooner endure than spending 'one more minute' with his ex-girlfriend.^[4] From the 1985 album Dare to Be Stupid.^[13]

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References[edit]

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1. ^ ^abcdefYankovic, Alfred (December 2007). 'Recording Dates'. WeirdAl.com. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
2. ^'Weird Al' Yankovic (liner). 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Scotti Brothers Records. 1983.CS1 maint: others (link)
3. ^'Weird Al' Yankovic in 3-D (liner). 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Scotti Brothers Records. 1984.CS1 maint: others (link)
4. ^ ^abcdDare to Be Stupid (liner). 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Scotti Bros. Records. 1985.CS1 maint: others (link)
5. ^ ^abcPolka Party! (liner). 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Scotti Brothers Records. 1986.CS1 maint: others (link) Note: the original vinyl and CD release of the album contained complete liner notes, which included lyrics. The 1991 re-issue, however, does not feature liner notes as a cost saving mechanism.
6. ^ ^abcEven Worse (liner). 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Scotti Brothers Records. 1987.CS1 maint: others (link) Note: the original vinyl and CD release of the album contained complete liner notes, which included lyrics. The 1991 re-issue, however, does not feature liner notes as a cost saving mechanism.
7. ^ ^abcPhares, Heather. 'Greatest Hits – 'Weird Al' Yankovic'. AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
8. ^ ^abCisterna, Fred. 'Weird Al Yankovic – Greatest Hits, Volume 1'. Amazon.com. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
9. ^ ^abBrackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 893. ISBN0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone weird al yankovic alapalooza review.
10. ^Yankovic, Alfred (June 1999). ''Ask Al' Q&As for June, 1999'. WeirdAl.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
11. ^ ^abcdefghijGreatest Hits (liner). 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Scotti Brothers Records. 1988.CS1 maint: others (link)
12. ^ ^abcdefghYankovic, Alfred. 'Parodies & Polkas'. WeirdAl.com. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
13. ^ ^abcdefghijkPermanent Record: Al in the Box (liner). California, United States: Scotti Brothers Records.
14. ^Mather, Marianne (February 20, 2011). 'Story Time'. Naperville Sun. Sun-Times Media Group. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2013.(subscription required)
15. ^Brian, Raftery (September 22, 2008). 'Weird Al: Forefather of the YouTube Spoof'. Wired. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
16. ^Yankovic, Alfred (January 2000). ''Ask Al' Q&As for January 2000'. WeirdAl.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
17. ^'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection (Media notes). Jay Levey, 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Volcano Entertainment. 2003. 82876-53727-9.CS1 maint: others (link)

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