Hoenn for me :) It'll be fun to go where my rivals went. Screw the rules, if you really want a life, just join up with Sam. Gyara can do whatever he wants. Anyway, there were surfing routes here, but there were boats. Why not just deal like that? Or for minor ones (East of Mauville to south west of Fortree) you could SWIM xD
Anyway, Hoenn's fun because of the easy plot for it (we will have some, right?) and the variety of pokemon. Besides, it has a Safari Zone, unlike Johto. If anyone wants to argue with me the finer points of this, feel free to VM/Get a Gmail and my email.
Haha, this is true, but we also have Pika to blow them both up if there's trouble...wait, he's on Sam's side...oh joy xD But didn't they unwillingly get along? Oh wait, unwillingly. Anyway, yeah. Bug catching contest=Nice, but if its anything like the Safari Zone, its a one time thing and anything good's gonna be hell to get. And if its not, people'll just camp outside it trying over and over for that bug they want. Now, I'd agree with your point if there was something OTHER than bugs or if Heracross made it in, but it doesn't :(