fordy on 26 March 2010
If the battle system became 3D, I could see a few drawbacks to this:
1. Battles would take substantially more time to execute, all for the sake of the animation. Look at Pokemon Stadium compared to the original Red/Blue
2. In order to express more detail towards special moves, the newer generations of Pokemon have adopted a style of effects that is rather comical, and gives the games a unique charm. Those effects would be difficult to keep in a 3D battle system, and if they did, they wouldn't suit the layout.
