Eh, I don't consider it a true retcon unless it's a contradiction rather than something that was conveniently never brought up.
Like I never got how Ash meeting Serena back in the day was supposedly a retcon when we know barely anything about Ash's life before the series began.
If the "Ash wants to be the best battler due to a certain encounter he had" thing is referring to Ho-oh I don't see how they could avoid bringing up the past.
Though they might be able to get away with it if that's referring to someone other than Ho-oh. Which would raise the question of just...
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