I know fight vs Red is a positive memory for most. Would it not have been a cool trend to keep going?
I'm not saying I want to just go to mountaintop every time. I think how the battle comes could be flexible. Since Red is tied to Kanto and defeating Team Rocket his placement works because we know in Gold/Silver we're taking part in an ongoing story of Team Rocket.
In Hoenn for example, I'm not sure where or how I'd place Gold but I think it would not detract from the gen 3 experience. It might even be kinda cool for first time players to suddenly see a team of Pokemon they've never seen.
by Felix_Dei