Ah, good to hear! :) I honestly don't know why Generation 3 were "least best-selling core series Pokemon games", yet so many people seem to love them. XD Even on PokeCommunity, the "Generation 3" subforum has more viewers than the XY subforum despite Ruby/Sapphire and FireRed/LeafGreen being ~10 years old. XD
LOL; glad you liked it! I hope to play Wind Waker some day (it's just been Twilight Princess and a sizable chunk of A Link To The Past (Game Boy Advance edition) so far, in terms of my Legend of Zelda experience)...
Aside from a Wind Waker HD store kiosk demo (where I admittedly didn't get very far XD), my main experience with Wind Waker Link/Toon Link is through Super Smash Bros. Brawl (via Toon Link himself and the wonderful Wind Waker music). Music tracks like 'Dragon Roost Island" and "The Great Sea" were just sublime! From what I've read, the plot for Wind Waker seems intriguing, and I'd love to experience the sailing.. I don't have a problem with traversing Hoenn's waters (Max Repel FTW), so the journey-by-boat in Wind Waker will hopefully be fun. :)