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You could argue that they're future-proofing the models, but
A: They could have just made "master" models for future projects/normal mapping and low-poly variants of them for the 3DS, and
B: The models don't have any detail on them that justifies the extra polygons. They'd just look like toys with realistic lighting, and I doubt people would be satisfied if the Switch Pokemon games looked like this.
