So the Ruby and Sapphire remakes have been announced for 3DS.

I'll be interested to find out more about further mega evolutions but to me the original Ruby and Sapphire were by far and away the worst generation in terms of gameplay, layout, pacing and story.

I cannot say I'll be getting these unless it is revealed there is a massive overhaul of the region. I hated the insanely boring surf sections with nothing but tentacool, with such weak early game pokemon, nigh unusable late game pokemon due to high level ups and a bare bones story that was dull to the point of shut-down. On top of that I hope this is genuinely compatible with X and Y, even though I know there will be some lengthy wasteful process or "pokemon bank" only way to get them from one game to the other. I have tired of transferring my hundreds of monsters from game to game, generation to generation.