History VideoGame / SodaDungeon

* OneHitPolyKill: The Tavern Owner in ''Soda Dungeon 2'' has the "Closing Time" skill which instantly defeats all normal Enemies [[note:It can also affect the Grill of Darkness that assists the Vacation Lord]], although it is limited by a 10-turn Cooldown.

* OneHitPolyKill: The Tavern Owner in ''Soda Dungeon 2'' has the "Closing Time" skill which instantly defeats all normal Enemies [[note: It can also affect the Grill of Darkness that assists the Vacation Lord]], although it is limited by a 10-turn Cooldown.

The game is quite simple for a role-playing game: It takes place somewhere where it's the booming age of courageous adventurers and dungeons bursting with riches. The player, however, starts with not a single penny, which makes raiding a nearby dungeon a challenge. The player has to persuade adventurers to raid dungeon to get riches, starting with a single Soda Junkie, and eventually gaining more wealth to... upgrade the tavern, buy more sodas to hire more and better adventurers, and raid the dungeon to the top, with the help from fellow adventurers.\\\

A sequel to the game, simply titled ''Soda Dungeon 2'', was released for all of the three platforms it's prequel was released on. The story is significantly different from the prequel, in which it starts with a group of soda-fueled adventurers in another far-away land making a last stand, [[DownerBeginning only to be defeated by the "Darkest of all Lords" who then proceeds to destroy everything into ruins, showing a city nearby the lord's castle to be destroyed.]] The tavern owner then hands over the trinket, transporting someone into another land, somewhere else, so that eventually they would return with stronger adventurers...

* BlackMage: The Darkmage (appears in both games) is an adventurer that is one of the last adventurers you unlock, and she can do strong multi-targeting attacks that can poison foes (and confuse them, but only in the first game). The Conjurer in the first game and the Mystic in the second also counts, too, as both can attack group of enemies with a skill. Also, the Wizard, which is usually the strongest AoE magic attacker, as a party member.
* BoringButPractical: In ''SD2'', the Carpenter's Nailed It does surprisingly high damage (2x ATK) for a relatively low MP cost - more so than the Fighter in the prequel. And it becomes even more so powerful (4x ATK) with the upgrade, after a certain quest.

* DualWielding: The Blademaster eschews the regular shield slot in exchange for a secondary weapon slot. This usually results in Blademasters being GlassCannons that trades HP and/or damage reduction, in exchange for higher attack power.

* VileVillainSaccharaineShow: While most of the game is pretty wacky, has silly dialogue and designs - the Darkest Lord would have none of these nonsense, is really scary, and definitely really evil and has no sympathy for anything else. [[spoiler: Even the Dark Lord you keep meeting with previously calls this out on the Darkest Lord before finishing him for good.]]

* BlackMage: The Darkmage (appears in both games) is an adventurer that is one of the last adventurers you unlock, and she can do strong multi-targeting attacks that can poison foes (and confuse them, but only in the first game). The Conjurer in the first game and the Mystic in the second also counts, too, as both can attack group of enemies with a skill.

* CrutchCharacter: In a sense, strangely enough, [[spoiler: The Dark Lord.]] Said character can't equip shields or armors, and will eventually fall off and becomes increasingly more [[FragileSpeedster fragile]], though their speed allows them to act first before Janitors. But then, there is a unique relic in the Primal Lands that allow you to also gain ActionInitiative on any party member.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: The Dark Lord in the second game, with each defeat, becomes more so AffablyEvil. [[spoiler: In the Warrior's Dimension, he becomes also recruit-able as well.]]
* DenserAndWackier: At the same time, Soda Dungeon 2 has actually more whacky designs for the adventurers, dungeon levels and the enemies.

* EnemyMine: The Dark Lord, in Dimension 4, 6, 8, and 10 will request help to defeat another "Lord" that kicked him out of the castle's throne.

* FearlessFool: The Soda Junkie that is the first adventurer you hire, in both games, seems really hyped in to beat up monsters and get the loot, but this is [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] because eventually when his HP hits 0, he panics and realizes that he has a life and family he cares about, and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flees.]]

* NonLethalKO: The adventurers when hit 0 HP actually flees the dungeon instead of dying. Though they're permanently removed from the party in the run (with nothing being able to bring them back aside from a revive that requires you to watch a video ad in the non-PC versions).

* OneHitKill: Very rare, and they [[ContractualBossImmunity do not work on the X00 Bosses]], but there are several methods for the player to inflict these on regular enemies:

** The Voidsoul Reaper in ''2'' can one-shot anything but Dimension Bosses on regular attacks (or Double Strike) ''for guaranteed'', but after said attack, the wielder's [[HPTo1 HP is reduced to 1]]. [[note]]It also works on ''Janitors'', since they are technically not Dimension bosses, and also strangely enough, works also on Grill of Darkness since it's treated like a normal enemy.[[/note]]

* StuckItems: The "Default" variation applies with [[spoiler: The Dark Lord, whose weapon, Aphotic Blade, cannot be un-equipped and is by default in his weapon slot. [[note]]When the Aphotic Blade II recipe is unlocked by defeating the final boss of Primal Lands, this limitation is dropped, as the original Aphotic Blade disappears from The Dark Lord's auto-equipped weapon slot, also allowing him to equip any weapon.[[/note]] ]]

* ActionInitiative: A new mechanic in the Soda Dungeon 2 makes some enemies attack first before the party has time to act. [[spoiler: The Dark Lord also retains this ability as a party member, too.]]

* ContractualBossImmunity: Averted in Soda Dungeon 1 , but Soda Dungeon 2 slightly downplays this, since bosses are mostly resistant to status effects (around 90%, with the exception of the Grill accompanying Vacation Lord, and the final boss's OneWingedAngel form, which have 100% instead and play this straight), though this is fair since statuses only last up to 3 turns at most. However, in the arena's BossRush mode, this is actually averted (with the exception of aftermentioned two 100% status resist bosses [[note]]The Grill of Darkness, is strangely enough, not immune to the Owner's Closing Time, a OneHittKill skill.[[/note]])

* HijackedByGanon: Zig-zagged in Soda Dungeon 2. The Dark Lord acts as the StarterVillain for the first three dimensions, but in the fourth and every even-numbered dimension afterwards, another Lord will [[EvilerThanThou replace]] him as the Dimension boss, but on the odd-numbered dimensions, he takes back his position as the EvilOverlord. [[spoiler: Dropped completely in the Warrior's Dimension, as ]]

** The Voidsoul Reaper in ''2'' can one-shot anything but Dimension Bosses on regular attacks (or Double Strike) ''for guaranteed'', but after said attack, the wielder's [[HPTo1 HP is reduced to 1]]. [[note]]It also works on ''Janitors'', since they are technically not Dimension bosses.[[/note]]

** In ''Soda Dungeon'', the pet Dasha references Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Masks and hairstyles in the customize menu reference Crono from Chrono Trigger, Cloud from Final Fantasy VII, Wakka from Final Fantasy X, the mask from The Mask, the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta, Trap Jaw from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983), Ghostface's mask from Scream (1996), and Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs. The Lair of Despair monsters reference Barney & Friends, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Cast Away, Duck Hunt, Pokémon, Super Mario Bros., Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, KFC, Love Lamps, Ring Pops, and Troll Dolls.

* ContractualBossImmunity: Averted in Soda Dungeon 1 , but Soda Dungeon 2 slightly downplays this, since bosses are mostly resistant to status effects (around 90%), though this is fair since statuses only last up to 3 turns at most.

* SpeaksInBinary: Binary, the 6th Dungeon Boss of the first game, speaks in this when defeated:
-> '''Binary''': 01001001 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 01100110 01100001 01101001 01101100 01100101 01100100. [[labelnote: Translation]] "I have failed." [[/labelnote]]

* BlackMage: The Darkmage (appears in both games) is an adventurer that is one of the last adventurers you unlock, and she can do strong multi-targeting attacks that can poison foes (and confuse them, but only in the first game).* The Conjurer in the first game and the Mystic in the second also counts, too, as both can attack group of enemies with a skill.

* ContractualBossImmunity: Averted in Soda Dungeon 1, but Soda Dungeon 2 either plays this straight or downplays this with bosses. While they're most likely immune to sleep or confusion, they might be only mostly resistant to poison or burn, which can do a lot of damage to them.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: The Dark Lord in the second game, with each defeat, becomes more so AffiablyEvil. [[spoiler: In the Warrior's Dimension, he becomes also recruit-able as well.]]

* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The Healer in 1 has blue hair, while the Nurse in 2 wears white and pink outfits. [[spoiler: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Fabulo, who is a male despite his pink color anf feminine looks.]]

** Soda Dungeon 2's 7th dimension boss, the Dark Dialer, has a skill called "Wrong Number", which has varying effects depending on the number that appears (1 to 9), a reference to [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Mr. Game and Watch's Judge numbers]]: 1 being a joke attack that does exactly 12 damage (the same amount as the recoil damage on the original attack it's based on), 2 and 3 are both weak attacks, 4 does exactly the standard attack power with no side effects, 5 inflicting stun in addition to the standard attack damage, 6 does the same but with inflicting [[ManOnFire Burn]] instead, 7 is a strong attack that also makes an apple appear aftewards, 8 is a strong attack that inflicts [[TakenForGranite Stone]], and 9... it does 9999 damage, pretty much a OneHitKill unless you somehow have more HP than that [[note]]or a certain accessory that prevents it, way late in the Primal Lands[[/note]]. (The 9999 damage is also a reference to the damage cap in VideoGame/FinalFantasy series.)

* StuckItems: The "Default" type applies with [[spoiler: The Dark Lord, whose weapon, Aphotic Blade, cannot be un-equipped and is by default in his weapon slot. [[note]]When the Aphotic Blade II recipe is unlocked by defeating the final boss of Primal Lands, this limitation is dropped, as the original Aphotic Blade disappears from The Dark Lord's auto-equipped weapon slot, also allowing him to equip any weapon.[[/note]] ]]

* EnemyMine: The Dark Lord in Dimension 4, 6, 8 and 10 will request help to defeat the

* AlmightyJanitor: Every time you reach the 100th floor multiple that you beaten in a previous dimension, a Janitor appears in place of the Dimension Boss. He attacks the party because they're in the way of his cleaning. The Janitor has ''the same stats and abilities'' as whatever Dimension Boss was there in his place, and also attacks first.
* ApocalypseHow: Soda Dungeon 2 has this happening at Class 2 when the black-clad EvilOverlord destroys the dimension.

* NoNonsenseNemesis: The Darkest Lord has nothing funny at all to add for his gimmick, and only seeks for destruction of all opposition to him and his reign of terror.

** Soda Dungeon 2's 7th dimension boss, the Dark Dialer, has a skill called "Wrong Number", which has varying effects depending on the number that appears (1 to 9), a reference to [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Mr. Game and Watch's Judge numbers]]: 1 being a joke attack that does exactly 12 damage (the same amount as the recoil damage on the original attack it's based on), 2 and 3 are both weak attacks, 4 does exactly the standard attack power with no side effects, 5 inflicting stun in addition to the standard attack damage, 6 does the same but with inflicting [[ManOnFire Burn]] instead, 7 is a strong attack that also makes an apple appear aftewards, 8 is a strong attack that inflicts [[TakenForGranite Stone]], and 9... it does [[OneHitKill 9999 damage.]] (The 9999 damage is also a reference to the damage cap in VideoGame/FinalFantasy series.)

* BlackMage: The Darkmage (appears in both games) is an adventurer that is one of the last adventurers you unlock, and she can do strong multi-targeting attacks that can poison foes (and confuse them, but only in the first game).* BlackMage: The Darkmage (appears in both games) is a female adventurer that is one of the last adventurers you unlock, and she can do strong multi-targeting attacks that can poison foes (and confuse them, but only in the first game). The Conjurer in the first game and the Mystic in the second also counts, too, as both can attack group of enemies with a skill.

** The 5th Dungeon Boss, Demora, is immune to all damage except for [[ReviveKillsZombie healing]]. Guess which class is the only one with healing abilities by default? [Oh, and [[FlunkyBoss she also summons skeletons to make things more difficult.]]

* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler: The Dark Lord eventually can be recruited to your party in the final dimension.]]

* CombatExclusiveHealaing: You can't heal grievously injured party members or even cure status effects (like sleeping) between battles or during events without a Healer healing beforehand in the previous floor. This is the usual cause of an early retirement, as enemy hordes on the X6-X9 floors can dogpile on an injured party member, especially when they ambush

* ShoutOut: Soda Dungeon 2's 7th dimension boss, the Dark Dialer, has a skill called "Wrong Number", which has varying effects depending on the number that appears (1 to 9), a reference to [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Mr. Game and Watch's Judge numbers]]: 1 being a joke attack that does exactly 12 damage (the same amount as the recoil damage on the original attack it's based on), 2 and 3 are both weak attacks, 4 does exactly the standard attack power with no side effects, 5 inflicting stun in addition to the standard attack damage, 6 does the same but with inflicting [[ManOnFire Burn]] instead, 7 is a strong attack that also makes an apple appear aftewards, 8 is a strong attack that inflicts [[TakenForGranite Stone]], and 9... it does [[OneHitKill 9999 damage.]] (The 9999 damage is also a reference to the damage cap in VideoGame/FinalFantasy series.)