• azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
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    18 hours ago

    Screenshot from Cobblemon

    Cobblemon is a pokémon mod for minecraft, and definitely has a charm to it and fits weirdly well into the minecraft-pixel-art-with-shaders esthetic IMO. Plus the “gotta catch em all” basic gameplay loop meshes well with Minecraft’s incentive to explore the world.

    Of course it’s a free mod so it’s a bit rough around the edges and there doesn’t seem to be much to do beyond collect pokémon and build minecraft houses, but in my online circles it certainly has captured a lot more attention than any pokémon game released in the last forever. I would like to think Nintendo is taking notes, but we all know they Don’t Give A Fuck. They’ll pump out any asset flip and people will buy it because they’re nostalgic and Nintendo has a legally enforced monopoly on the franchise.

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        12 hours ago

        Both games have full implented battle systems.

        Cobblemon allows you to move while battling, and has faint animations.

        Pixelmon is more feature complete, but it’s glitchier.

        Definitely play it on a server. The procedural generated gyms are cool, but nothing beats humans.

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        17 hours ago

        There is, though I can’t tell you how fun it is because I haven’t played it and never cared for the original games’ battle system.

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          16 hours ago

          It would be cool to have the original game boy map of pokemon where you can play through the game but at any point walk off the path and build a minecrafy house haha