[4][5] The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
The goal is to fill the grid with a series of consecutive numbers adjacent to each other vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
Numbrix puzzles, which appear in Parade magazine, are similar to Hidato except diagonal moves are not allowed.
[11] As in many logic puzzles, the basic resolution technique consists of analyzing the possibilities for each number of being present in each cell.
As in the Sudoku case, the resolution of harder Hidato or Numbrix puzzles requires the use of more complex techniques - in particular of various types of chain patterns.