I LOVE 3rd gen, and it's waay too hard to pick just one favourite, i mean, there's Absol, Flygon, Banette, Blaziken, Swampert, Sceptile, Breloom, Relicanth, Tropius, Regirock, Regice, and Registeel to name a few. Hoenn is where i started, and i played Emerald, and seeing as how Emerald is also my birthstone, i played nothing but Emerald for 5 years straight, in fact i still have my starter, Blaziken, and all of the legendaries i caught :') memories.