>>37728848100% would be okay with that.
It's one of the few ways game developers can distance themselves from everything that holds a series back that they have to stick to for consistency reasons.
While this wouldn't make sense in this region, but imagine traveling back in time during Johto, only being able to use those jerry-rigged pokeballs. You get to learn how to create them yourself and you set off on your adventure making all of the items that you need instead of just buying them.
