Pokemon + Minecraft = Awesome

[Elly]

So in our boredom and desperation for something to play, we started messing around with Minecraft mods.. different villager mods, animal mods, etc. All boring until we found a little mod called Pixelmon. It's the entirety of the Pokemon game system overlayed onto Minecraft, and it's pretty awesome.  v_v

Quick YouTube vid showing how combat goes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwrL88FfveE&t=8m34s


Imagine having 600 pokemon to catch, and you have to travel the world far and wide to find them- mountains, plains, underground while you're mining. There's also NPC trainers to fight against, as well as random Pokemon bosses to fight which drop nice loot. Crafting now includes new ores and trees so you can craft things like computers and different types of pokeballs.

So it's Pokemon.. plus zombies and the regular monster crew, plus building and crafting and mining and combat.



Here's the interface plus our computers and healing machine.



Shot of the ovens, showing off the Ovo's Rustic Redemption Texture pack. Also, how did I ever play without using Rei's Minimap?



Wandered into a PokeCenter to heal up my guys.. Nurse Jenny seems to have been replaced by a wandering Enderman. I decline in handing over my pokeballs for healing.. >_>



Ran into a Rapidash boss out on the plains.

[PinkRose]

WHAT?
That's pretty crazy.
Hmmm, I wonder if, since the Saga server is inactive at this time, if Oakmist could maybe add the mods and we could give it a look some time?
What mods exactly are you using?

[Elly]

The mods we use are:

http://pixelmonmod.com/    Important Note: only works with Minecraft 1.6.4 (I think)
An upgrade is in the works. Check out the new animations. Insane for Minecraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS2XGWC7ZtQ

optional but awesome:
Rei's Minimap
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/482147-162-jul08-reis-minimap-v34-01/

Ovo's Rustic Redemption Texture pack
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/901498-x6417x-ovos-rustic-pack-redemption-v114-updated-2014-03-12/

I am not sure if Forge is needed. I will find out.



Oakmist could totally do it, but it would require a world wipe and regeneration. We could also volunteer our "Pokecraft" server as a second Saga server. Either way is good.

It's darn fun. So many possibilities for RP as well.. it's easier to RP when there's outside things going on in the world to react to. Players could raise and train a team, then build a 'gym' and become a gym leader for others to fight. The mod has 'badges' to hand out.

Aside from that. Easy to put on your own comp. (although let me repost soon about exactly how Ethawn did it, I have to ask him)

We modified our Pixelmon to include normal Minecraft animals (otherwise you have to find the sheep-like pokemon to shear- and they are rare, and I wanted chickens for eggs), as well as good ole' Creepers and such (for the added challenge).

Tonight we may go on a spelunking mission to find fossils. You can then craft a machine to extract DNA and bring the fossil back to life as a living prehistoric Pokemon. Cool stuff. We had found a fossil prior while in an abandoned mine, but a creeper blew us up and we lost it. >_<

Mining is also more interesting with added ores, and the addition of friendly creatures spawning underground along with the usual baddies.

Oh yeah, I forgot, you can ride your Pixelmon as mounts! Land or air.

[Rumze]

That's so awesome !!

[Pedekele]

I liked Thaumcraft and Tinkers Construct alot. Those are well know mods, one is all about smelting and advanced tools the onther one is about magic. Other cool ones are BiblioCraft because you'll have a few books with Thaumcraft and Tinkers Construct. I also like Forestry and Termal Expansion, theres so many i cant think of them all. There's also a Chocobo mod. Alot of mods are compatible with certain texturepacks by the way. I really value to have a set of mods that all fit together as well as possible. Mods are pretty fun, they add alot to the game and maing your own modpack is so easy. Ah and dont forget there's also a minesweeper mod