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I'm fairly sure that Final Fantasy X is the first game in the series where you were able to swap characters in and out during a fight, but I'm not certain if it's the only one.

Are there any other games in the series where swapping in "inactive" characters during a battle is possible?

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No, it is not. Final Fantasy XII lets you switch characters in the middle of battle in pretty much the same fashion - to replace fallen allies or just to alter who is taking the brunt of attacks.

I don't know about the ones that come after, but one's enough to say no. ♪

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You can switch a live character out as well though, not only if they die? In FFX a character can only be swapped when it's their turn, so if they die you can't take them out without first raising them (and having them survive until their next turn). – Chad Birch Feb 10 '11 at 20:23
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@Chad Yes, you can swap out live characters. However, since there's no "turn-based" system here, instead the restriction is that you can't swap out someone who is being actively targetted by an enemy attack. But like FFX, you can't take out a character who is dead until you raise them. – Grace Note♦ Feb 10 '11 at 20:25
Hmm, I'd completely forgotten about that. – Brant Feb 10 '11 at 20:42
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Final Fantasy X-2 and Final Fantasy XIII both allow characters to freely change roles/jobs/classes/paradigms/whatever mid-fight, but not the characters.

Before the final battle in Final Fantasy VI (FF3 US), you were asked to make a list of all the characters in the game. When you moved from one stage of the fight to the next, any dead characters were swapped out for the next one on your list. This was a one-time thing that only happened for the final battle, though.

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