So, I'm guessing you're from England? *Beast=Good*
But yeah, I love Hoenn, Emerald was the first game I played seriously, I mean, I had goes on my cousins Yellow and Gold, (Of which the Yellow I now have Inherited (He couldn't bear to give up Gold :3)) but Emerald was the first one I owned completely, did all on my own, etc, etc.
The only bad memory I have is accidentally deleting my whole game because I was saving on low battery. T_T. My Blaziken, I still remember my memories with it, all the way up to Wallace, where it happened.
Anyway, I can't wait until they might remake it.
Greatness in full!