Game Freak has a reputation that they couldn't design themselves out of a wet paper bag, but that's not true. The developer has a history of boundless creativity, like Bushi Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha.
Released alongside Pokémon, the Super Famicom exclusive has a top-down overview, side-scrolling combat, first-person freeform dialogue and even area scanning. It even has the same early gen Pokémon art style. It was as ambitious as you can get