I've seen this discussed elsewhere, but I'm curious to see what people here think. Do you think that, either in this generation or the next, there will be remakes of Ruby and Sapphire, with Emerald features thrown in? If so, what do you think they'll be like?

I think it's unlikely to happen, since this time around it's much easier to get the Gen 3 legendaries and starters in HG/SS, unlike in FR/LG where Lugia and Ho-oh were event only, the beasts were only one to a game, and the starters were in Emerald, but only if you caught all the Hoenn dex pokemon. The only other way to get them was if you had a Gamecube and two certain games for it. Seeing as fans wanting an easier way to get Lugia, Ho-oh, Celebi, and the Johto starters was one of the reasons many were asking for GS remakes, this seems like Nintendo's way of saying "before you ask, no, we're not remaking RSE".

Now, I said it's unlikely, but I still think it's possible, but if they are made, they'll have to add alot to them. Other than the graphics and new features that are in all current games anyway (like Natures and Abilities), the Gen 3 games were a step back. Only 1 region, 8 badges, no fighting a past generation's trainer, only one version's legendary in each game, etc. If they end up doing Gen 3 remakes, following the precedent from HG/SS, they'll have to add plenty to the games to the point where they don't even look like remakes anymore. Maybe they'll add a Sevii islands like area, heck, maybe they'll add the Seviis themselves. As for the names: LandRuby and SeaSapphire sound like they could work.