What's Been Dug Up: Pixelmon

Gotta Catch 'em all, Pixelmon!

Mod time! Starting off, Pixelmon is made by epicSplashBattle, Mr.Masochism, meeees, xkyouchoux.hiroku, GodOf_War and Gorship. It's a pokemon-themed mod where players can journey out into the wild to catch wild pokemon and challenge other players/trainers. When you first start off in the mod, you can choose from Charmander,  Bulbasaur, Squirtle, or Eevee as your starter pokemon. Capturing pokemon here involves crafting your own pokeballs and throwing one of them at a (preferably weakened) wild pokemon in battle. Defeating wild pokemon will sometimes cause them to drop items like Ender pearls and diamonds which you will use in recipes to make your "journey" easier.  Pixelmon also goes as far as letting you evolve your pokemon by either leveling them up or getting an Evolution stone.

There are currently 170 pokemon,  each with their own custom animations for players to go after and more on the way as the creators of the mod are currently trying to update with more pokemon. Every pokemon has their own unique stats like damage and aggression that players will have to account for when choosing which one to send into battle. To go along with the number of Pokemon is about 500 attacks in the battle system which also includes status ailments and commands you can find a regular pokemon game. Players can access a Pokedex in the mod that will show you information about all existing pokemon, their basic information, and their basic stats. I could go on and on about Pixelmon, but I want to keep some of it as a surprise to any of you minecrafters that haven't had the chance to play it yet. One thing though, try riding a Gyarados on land and tell me how it goes.

In order to play this mod, you need to first download the Forge mod if you haven't already. Even if you haven't yet, go here and scroll down to the end of the post, just before the comment section (this is the most up-to-date so far.) There you can download Forge and Pixelmon. Happy training!