It's certainly not a bad idea, but I'm not sure Pokemon (especially the first generation, like this current implementation) is the best base model to do so—this

It's certainly not a bad idea, but I'm not sure Pokemon (especially the first generation, like this current implementation) is the best base model to do so—this is a game notorious for its dominant strategies in PvP competitive contexts, unless players agree to certain rules designed to make more strategies viable :P