Puzzle bosses
Video game concept
54
games
23platforms
Boss fights that require using trickery, the environment, or some other non direct assault to defeat them.
Notable people involved: Hideki Kamiya, Ari Pulkkinen, Josef Fares, Koshi Nakanishi and Masachika Kawata
Alternate names: Puzzle combat, Puzzle fights
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This is not for literal puzzles, but rather fights that are won by unconventional means other than direct confrontation (shooting or hitting the enemy). Often involve environmental combat, environmental puzzles, or otherwise tricking the enemy into defeating itself.
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The first Puzzle bosses video game was released in 1996.
Eidos Interactive, Capcom, Aspyr and Victor published most of these games.