wow stole this idea from pokemon and the Japanese steal it back via ffxiv. That works for me. There is so many rips off pokemon and Nintendo doesn't seem to mind at all. I personally wouldn't play minion version of pokemon because it just isn't my cup of tea but, I can see how many others would enjoy this type of thing. I'd be a good addition to the gold saucer down the line especially if they had server wide tournaments weekly or monthly. You could even make a stadium type thing so spectators could watch.