L Nangoku Sodachi SPECIAL
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L Nangoku Sodachi SPECIAL (L南国育ち SPECIAL) is AMTEX’s smart-pachislot AT machine built around pseudo-bonus loops and the Nangoku series’ butterfly-based Flight states. Ordinary bonuses feed into Butterfly Zone, while Flight and Super Flight raise loop expectations and Super Flight also increases net speed.
Last verified: October 8, 2026.
Key terms: Smart Pachislot · AT · Setting · Payout rate · Initial hit · Net increase · Rare role · Watermelon · Bonus · Ceiling · Reset · Zone · Setting hint · Quit timing
Quick specs
Quick specs
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Official Japanese name | L南国育ち SPECIAL |
| Manufacturer | AMTEX |
| Series | Nangoku Sodachi |
| Machine type | AT |
| Japan rollout date | July 6, 2026 |
| Model | L南国育ちSPM1 |
| Bonus net increase | Approx. 3.0 coins/G (Administrator research) |
| Flight loop expectation | Approx. 84% (Administrator research) |
| Super Flight loop expectation | Approx. 93% (Administrator research) |
| Super Flight net increase | Approx. 6.0 coins/G (Administrator research) |
| Normal bonus ceiling | 799G; 500G after a setting change or after Flight/Super Flight ends (Administrator research) |
Setting probabilities and payout rate
Setting probabilities and payout rate
Administrator research. Bonus initial-hit rates improve toward higher settings.
| Setting | Bonus initial hit | Payout rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/299.7 | 97.5% |
| 2 | 1/296.2 | 98.6% |
| 4 | 1/276.3 | 102.6% |
| 5 | 1/269.1 | 105.0% |
| 6 | 1/262.4 | 110.4% |
Small-role probabilities
Small-role probabilities
The small-role table describes appearance frequency. The chance to clear a feature after drawing a role is a separate conditional probability.
Administrator research. Additional play and result interpretation:
| Role | Appearance frequency |
|---|---|
| Cherry | 1/44.9 |
| Watermelon | 1/99.9 |
| Rare roles combined | 1/31.0 |
A rare role can influence normal progression or bonus stock depending on the current phase. A role occurrence does not automatically guarantee Flight or Super Flight. Count appearance separately from a successful conditional stock / mode draw, and preserve whether it occurred in normal play or a bonus.
Game flow
Game flow
Normal play leads to pseudo-bonuses, which then transition into the short Butterfly Zone where the familiar butterfly cue determines whether the machine enters a Flight loop. Rare roles during a bonus can also create bonus stock for the loop.
Flight is the main high-loop state. Premium progression reaches Super Flight, which combines a higher loop expectation with faster net increase.
Ceiling, reset and quit timing
Ceiling, reset and quit timing
Administrator research. The normal bonus ceiling is 799G. It is shortened to 500G after a setting change and after Flight or Super Flight ends. The ceiling guarantees a bonus rather than a separate longer AT-interval award.
After a bonus, consume the 32G Tokimeki Zone before making a basic quit decision. After Flight/Super Flight, the shortened 500G ceiling and current mode cues can retain value. Current analysis also leaves about a 10% Super Flight-preparation possibility after Super Flight, so following deeper toward roughly 200G can be considered when those cues support it.
Bonus and Butterfly Zone
Bonus and Butterfly Zone
Ordinary pseudo-bonuses run at approximately 3.0 coins/G. The BIG-to-REG balance is more favorable in the Flight-related states than in ordinary bonus play, and rare roles during bonuses can stock another loop opportunity.
After a bonus, Butterfly Zone lasts 8G and serves as the immediate transition point into the Flight system.
Administrator research. Additional play and result interpretation:
The bonus colour and the next butterfly check
Blue-7 BIG (青7BIG) gives approximately 210 coins and a 1G-chain stock. Red-7 BIG (赤7BIG) gives approximately 210 coins; REG gives approximately 80 coins. The colour identifies a different reward route, so record blue and red BIG separately if you are tracking how the loop was entered.
The 8G Butterfly Zone (バタフライゾーン) is the immediate post-bonus judgment. The separate 32G Tokimeki Zone (ときめきゾーン) is the broader follow-up window. Finishing the short butterfly check alone does not mean the whole 32G window has been consumed.
Flight and Super Flight
Flight and Super Flight
Flight has an approximate 84% loop expectation in current analysis, with an expected payout around 1300 coins. Super Flight raises the loop expectation to about 93%, increases net speed to approximately 6.0 coins/G and has an expected payout around 2400 coins.
Administrator research. Additional play and result interpretation:
| Loop state | Net speed | Published loop expectation | BIG : REG balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flight (飛翔) | Approx. 3 coins/G | Approx. 84% | Approx. 70 : 30 |
| Super Flight (超飛翔) | Approx. 6 coins/G | Approx. 93% | Approx. 90 : 10 |
Both the bonus mix and speed change in Super Flight. The continuation figure describes the loop route and does not guarantee a particular number of bonuses or the advertised average total coins. Rare-role stock can also influence the observed sequence.
Blue Wave Mode (青波モード) is a blue-7-centered route toward Super Flight. Its blue-7 continuation is approximately 66%; a red BIG marks its finish. That percentage belongs to Blue Wave and is different from the 84% / 93% Flight figures.
Setting differences and identification
Setting differences and identification
The published bonus initial-hit rate improves from about 1/299.7 at Setting 1 to about 1/262.4 at Setting 6. This difference is useful across a large sample but overlaps heavily over short play, so direct setting hints should carry more weight.
Administrator research. Additional play and result interpretation:
The published setting list is 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. There is no Setting 3 row to infer by interpolation. A long Flight or Super Flight chain is strongly affected by the loop state; separate normal-play first hits from follow-up bonuses when comparing frequency with the initial-hit table.
Modes and reset behavior
Modes and reset behavior
Administrator research. A setting change starts with at least about a 70% chance of entering a favorable-or-higher mode. Because post-Flight states and reset states also shorten the ceiling, mode information and current game count should be evaluated together.
Administrator research. Additional play and result interpretation:
| Normal-play mode | Maximum bonus games | Main implication |
|---|---|---|
| Normal A (通常A) | 799G | Basic route |
| Chance (チャンス) | 200G | Earlier bonus protection |
| Normal B (通常B) | 799G | Different Flight progression |
| Flight Preparation A (飛翔準備A) | 500G | Flight preparation route |
| Flight Preparation B (飛翔準備B) | 200G | Earlier preparation route |
| Super Flight Preparation (超飛翔準備) | 200G | Super Flight preparation route |
After a setting change, the published allocation is Normal A 30%, Chance 15%, Normal B 40%, Flight Preparation A 7.5% and Flight Preparation B 7.5%. The favorable-or-higher total of 70% is an allocation at reset, not a 70% chance that any randomly selected game will enter Flight.
After Super Flight, the preparation possibility is specifically a Super Flight Preparation allocation of 10%. It does not make every post-Super-Flight machine an automatic 200G opportunity; use its cues together with the established post-state protection.
Setting hints
Setting hints
Administrator research. PUSH-voice messages after Butterfly Zone include increasingly strong setting-hint phrases. Current secondary analysis associates the “可”, “良” and “極み” result phrases with progressively stronger setting floors, but the public wording is kept as a hint rather than a confirmed-setting declaration because the available source presentation is not sufficiently explicit for stronger wording.
How to play
How to play
No navigation: stop the left reel first. If numbered stop instructions appear, press the stop buttons in the displayed order (1, then 2, then 3). A symbol-target instruction tells you which symbol to aim for; follow it together with any displayed stop order.
Use left-first play when no navigation is shown and aim BAR on the left reel. If watermelon slides into the stopping pattern, aim watermelon on the right reel using the blue 7 as a guide; the middle reel may then be stopped freely.
Follow every push-order/navigation instruction during bonuses and AT-related states.
Data policy and official references
Data policy and official references
First-party manufacturer information is labelled official. Administrator research identifies the administrator’s review of published information; it does not by itself mean original measurement or manufacturer confirmation. Calculated examples are labelled separately and explain their inputs. A page verification date records an editorial check, not a new experiment or a remeasurement of every value. See our editorial policy for the distinction.