I had the same idea a while back. Heres what I think (its a bit more thought out than the OP):
Obviously, it would be for Wii and in the style of Pokemon Red/Blue/Diamond etc. The graphics/art style should match that of Pokemon Battle Revolution. It is a very nice clean and detailed art style while also being interestingly stylized. However, the actual pokemon models need an upgrade. In Battle Revolution features on the pokemon (like eyes and mouth) look as if they are "painted" on the pokemons face- they are very two dimensional features.
You would start off by selecting a male or female trainer. You then customize their appearance pretty extensively as well as their clothing to make your unique trainer. The camera would be a behind the back perspective common in most platformers/adventure games with the option to quickly switch to first person to surveyr the enviroment and 360 degree camera control. Next, take your trainer to the nearest pokemon center and receive your first pokemon (following the tradition of every pokemon game so far.) After this you receive a few pokeballs and yoru adventure starts.
Now instead of encountering pokemon randomly they should all be displayed in the enviroment basically living their lives until you come along. The enviroments would be varied and things like forest should be lush, dense, and large and allow for the pokemon to inhabitate and reflect their respective sizes. When you approach a wild pokemon the camera slighlty locks on to them and a small information bar would appear in the corner of the screen showing the pokemons name, stats, health, and your pokemons attack. You would then call out one of your pokemon by selecting them and making a throwing motion with the wiimote. Once your pokemon has entered the field it will focus attention to the enemy pokemon. Now instead of both creatures standing still, waiting to attack and take turns they should be constantly moving around the enviroment. Pikachu would be darting around the area dodging attacks, while Ambipalm may hide in a tree and attack from the tree. Enviromental interaction would play a bigger part. Remeber, this all takes place with out switching to a "battle screen" like in the DS games....it all happens in the enviroment. If Charzard uses a fire attack in a field then some of the grass should light on fire. A pokemon would be caught by throwing a pokeball with the wiimote.....the accuracy of the throw increases chances of catching. Pokemon would run away by leaving a certain radius from the trainer but they would never disppear from the enviroment.
Also, EPIC battles should be important. Now, a battle with a spearow should be pretty routine but a Gyrados should play out entirely differently. Imagine walking along a bridge over the sea when a huuuuuge Gyrados jumps out over the bridge from the water. You jump in a boat and follow. Gyrados jumps out of the water occasionaly and attacks. Your Pikachu sits on the front of the boat taking attack directions from you. While not directing your pokemon your are using the motion sensing features of the wii to steer the boat and not lose Gyrados or keep the boat level so pikachu can aim his attacks. Imagine the boat battle in Resident Evil 4.
Also, there should be lots of context sensitive moments like the gyrados battle mentioned. Also, imagine battling a trainer in a water arena. The other trainer uses a context sensitive option to have their Seal dive deep into the water. Now, these contexts would be specific to certain pokemon types (it wouldnt make sense to have charzard dive under water). Next, you select the entire water as the target (instead of the opposing pokemon) and have pikachu use thunder. The water becomes electrified, KOing the enemy and making the water unusable for several turns.
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