I'm a gigantic Pokemon fan. I'm pretty heavy into the competitive battling scene (although not as much lately) and I have a few boxes full of battle ready EV trained Pokemon. It's a series that I can always be nostalgic about and it makes me feel like a child again.
That being said, 3rd gen was my least favorite in the series. I liked a lot of the cool things you can do such as secret bases and diving n such, but other than that I really disliked 3rd gen.
I hated the starters, they were all pretty terrible looking. Mudkip was alright but became so..hideous lol. the other two just seem really generic. The land of Hoen actually bored me and for whatever reason seemed less interesting compared to Kanto/Johto. Also that's when they started introducing a whole bunch of legendaries in each installment.
I really hope a 3rd gen remake never happens. But it probably will at some point. >_
