



These mods range from just adding a single item, the Pokeball to be able to trap vanilla mobs to PokeCube, which adds mobs, Pokemon, and other features that make catching, training, and gyms in Minecraft. Such mods include PokeCube Mobs, PokemonMD, Pokeball Mod, PokeCube mod, and even Pixelmon Generations. While the Pixelmon was originally taken down by Nintendo, this caused different versions of the mod to appear, all offering the ability to catch and train your favorite Pokemon. It has changed to allow players to not only craft their Pokeballs up to and including the Ultra ball but also a plethora of different Pokeballs, which all have the effects seen in Pokemon games. This mod has been updated a large number of times. In the current version of the mod, The Pokemon models look much more detailed and are no-longer pixelated. When Pixelmon was initially released, the Pokemon models were very pixelated and did bear a passing resemblance to the actual Pokemon. This mod changes the standards gameplay from building a house to finding the perfect Pokemon team and leveling up your teams to take on the randomly roaming Pokemon and trainers.

There are few Minecraft mods as famous as Pixelmon, the mod that brought Pokemon to Minecraft and allowed for a whole new experience when playing. This makes kids more invested in not only the game but also gets could get them interested in programming and game development. Mods are becoming so prevalent in Minecraft that TechVenture Kids has a camp where they teach the younger generations to create new and inventive mods for the game. Minecraft is no stranger to mods, having mods ranging from adding a plethora of new features, as shown in the Polycraft World, to even changing how the bees interact and change their environments after being officially added to the game of Minecraft as shown in the Buzzier bees mod.
