Any Aqua Nine tips?

[MrGneiss]

I was just wondering if someone could tell me any thing
about the numbers above the small gold dolphins on the sides of the
play field. Left 1,3,5,7 Right 2,4,6,8

I have noticed that they change sometimes but thats all I know.

Any other Aqua 9 tips that might be useful would also be great.

[JapNoodle]

that number used by some parlors.
some parlors force to exchange when Jackpot with particular number ends.
for example, player can keep playing when win '7' jackpot first.
but if win other number jackpot first, you have to exchange after consecutive jackpots.
the number exist cause Aqua Nine has no such numbers in LCD.

these type of parlors are very common old days in japan.
but nowadays most parlors are allow player to keep playing until they wanna quit.

[rupan777]

Do you know the gameflow of this machine already? I can explain it, if not.

[MrGneiss]

I don't know much , an explanation would be GREAT!

[rupan777]

Sorry for the slow reply; kind of busy today.

OK, how to play Aqua Nine; let's see if I can remember...

Single Bonus - One line of gold dolphins
Big Bonus - Two or more lines of gold dolphins or all sea animals

During the time reels are spinning, there are three possible screen background "yokoku" events: a turtle and killer whale, ray, or shark will be seen swimming. Any of these yields a 100% chance of a reach. There is also a reel-based "yokoku" event: if the reels stop on sea animals formed in a pattern like:

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and if this pattern comes out continuously in successive spins, there is a high chance of a win. During this pattern, if a single dolphin in the center space pattern appears like this:

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it's an automatic win

During a reach, there is a step-up "yokoku" event pattern that involves a mermaid: if the mermaid just swims there is just a small chance of a win. If she stops and hovers near the reels, then it's an automatic super reach. Finally, if she makes a action as if she is praying then it's an automatic super reach and your odds of winning increase.

There are four reach patterns:

Normal: Very low chance of winning. Usually automatic win if during "bonus" mode.
Friends of the Ocean Super Reach: Only occurs during an "all sea animals" super reach. High chance of winning.
Wink Super Reach: Mermaid winks. Low chance of winning
Pray Reach: Cutscene of mermaid praying. Medium chance of winning

There are also several automatic win patterns:

-If you see a white dolphin.
-If you see a cut scene of a trolling line being pulled quickly through the water.
-If the mermaid appears during the Friends of the Ocean Super Reach.
-If the cameo-looking mermaid above the screen lights up
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it's an automatic big bonus win.

During normal play, the background screen is blue, during big bonus play it's pinkish, and during chance time play it's green-ish.

That's all I can think of. I'm guessing you've had some time to play the machine already so tell me if you have any questions.

[azlew]

Nice Rupan - Thanks for doing that!

[MrGneiss]

WOW! Thank you so much! So cool! Wow!

Make sure this gets into the museum.

[rupan777]

You're welcome. I was planning to do a more edited version for the museum; the above stuff was semi-from the top of my head.