Jesse GS the II said:
I wish that American fans would stop thinking that they know better than the Japanese producers, because they don't.
In some cases, we do. For example, who
seriously thinks it was a good idea, when making a semi-filler episode about a ninja village near Fuchsia City, to use a generic Aya clone instead of Aya herself? Or in more general terms, who thinks it was a good idea to transplant the Battle Frontier from Hoenn to Kanto, yet do absolutely nothing to actually take advantage of the of the location? Even just having cameos by Kanto Gym Leaders and other supporting characters would've been a good touch.
There are certainly missed opportunities and room for improvement in the anime, and to suggest that we have no business pointing them out is ridiculous.