History VideoGame / Sokoban

* ExcusePlot: In the GB versions (titled Boxxle). The first game's plot is that the player character wants to impress a girl named Wanda, and wins her heart at the end of it. In the second game, someone kidnaps her and he decides to buy a rocket to reach the moon, and by the end it's revealed that the kidnaper wanted to test the player because Wanda is the princess of the world and wants the couple to rule together. …Yeah.

* ExcusePlot: In the GB versions (titled Boxxle). The first game's plot is that the player character wants to impress a girl named Wanda, and wins her heart at the end of it. In the second game, someone kidnaps her and he decides to buy a rocket to reach the, and by the end it's revealed that the kidnaper wanted to test the player because Wanda is the princess of the world and wants the couple to rule together. …Yeah.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: You cannot retrieve a block pushed in a corner, or next to an edge wall. If one of the target squares is right there, it's all fine, but if not, then you need to undo or restart.

* UnwinnableByMistake: Very rarely, some poorer clones/remakes feature levels that are unsolvable from the very start.

Sokoban is a game invented by a Japanese company, "Thinking Rabbit". Essentially, it's the BlockPuzzle of all Block Puzzles.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: In the official ''Sokoban Touch'' app, you can simply tap the target location and your character automatically move to the place you tapped, with steps counted.

* AntiFrustationFeatures: In the official ''Sokoban Touch'' app, you can simply tap the target location and your character automatically move to the place you tapped, with steps counted.

* BackTracking: Since you can only push one block at a time, you will have to traverse the map multiple times. This is amplified in some layouts (e.g. Level 20), where you need to traverse the entire level to get a box around a corner. In the official ''Sokoban Touch'' app, you can simply tap the target location and your character automatically move to the place you tapped, with steps counted.
%%* BlockPuzzle

* BackTracking: Since you can only push one block at a time, you will have to traverse the map multiple times. This is amplified in some layouts (e.g. Level 20), where you need to traverse the entire level to get a box around a corner.

* FollowTheLeader: Aside from ''thousands'' of straight remakes, the basic mechanics have themselves became a standard for ''most puzzle games with blocks.''

!!'''Sokoban provides examples of: '''

* BlockPuzzle: The ultimate.

* LostForever: You cannot retrieve a block pushed in a corner, or next to an edge wall. If one of the target squares is right there, it's all fine, but if not, then you need to undo or restart.
* NintendoHard: Especially in higher levels.

The idea is simple: Push all of the blocks inside a maze on their target positions, ''but'' there are two rules that make it tricky:

* LostForever: You cannot retrieve a block pushed in a corner, or next to an edge wall. If one of the target squares is right there, it's all fine, but if not, then...

* You cannot push more than one block.

Sokoban is a game first invented by a Japanese company "Thinking Rabbit". Essentially, it's the BlockPuzzle of all [[BlockPuzzle Block Puzzles.]]

The idea is simple, push all of the blocks inside a maze on their target positions, ''but'' there are two rules that make it tricky:

* You cannot pull blocks, you can only push them.

* Backtracking: Since you can only push one block at a time, you will have to traverse the map multiple times. This is amplified in some layouts (e.g. Level 20), where you need to traverse the entire level to get a box around a corner.

* UnwinnableByDesign: You can get yourself stuck extremely easily even if it's not immediately apparent, but you can always try the level once more, or use the "undo" feature if your specific version has one.

Suddenly a task that seems so simple becomes really challenging. In other words, [[SurpriseDifficulty the game can get very hard,]] ''[[SurpriseDifficulty very]]'' [[SurpriseDifficulty fast.]]