2nd Gen Pick one of these three.

I love Totodile, but none of its evolutions. Of the final stages, I actually love Typhlosion. If I had known what they all evolve into, I would have chosen Cyndaquil on my initial run.

I always thought the Cyndaquil line was the coolest out of the other two lines. I really like the final evolution. All in all its a really dependable line to use at least in my point of view.

Jamais said:

Unfortunately, the Johto starters are some of my least favorite to use, but I found myself picking Cyndaquil most often out of the three. It's a lot easier to get a hold of other Grass and Water type Pokemon early in the game (Hoppip, Bellsprout and Wooper are all available near Violet City), whereas I believe the first Fire type Pokemon you can get is evolving the Eevee from Goldenrod into a Flareon.

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You can get Growlithe/Vulpix on Route 36, which is before you can catch Hoppip, Bellsprout and Wooper.

The Totodile line. I liked Cyndaquil first, but I switched to Totodile and I don't know why.
You can see Feraligatr's butt in Gen 3 when you're using it.

None of the above. I absolutely despise Gen 2's starters. I have never liked them, and their dull types (meaning they're not dual-typed). Every time I play, I switch them out for another Pokemon. In my most recent playthrough of Crystal, I got rid of Totodile for a Gyarados (no, not the red Gyarados) that I got quite early in the game as a Magikarp. They are weak and are definitely, in my opinion, the worst starters. If I recall correctly, I saw some older versions of them, Honōguma (fire), Kurusu (water), and Happa (grass). Honōguma looked extremely badass and super cool, I like it much better than Cyndaquil. Kurusu looked pretty cool as well, but I'm still eh on that one. Happa is basically Chikorita, but with a smaller leaf.
Here they are if anyone wants to see them:

But if I absolutely had to choose between them, I would go with Chikorita. It looks the cutest one of them all <3

I absolutely love the Totodile line...just the fact that you could get decked out with both Surf, Ice Punch and Bite relatively early in the game means you're pretty much set for life.

For me its Totodile, just because he's so cute... :3

Chikorita because of Ash's one in the animen was so cute.

Well, Totodile was my first Pokémon ever and I've never chosen another one in G/S/C, because of it's similarity to crocodiles/alligators which belong to my favorite animals.

Totodile is my favorite Water Pokémon, so naturally I'd choose its line.

When I played the games way back when, I usually chose Cyndaquil, though I chose Chikorita a couple of times and Totodile a couple of times. Then, on the playthrough where I finally completed my Pokédex, I chose Totodile, and he (rather, Feraligatr) was a mainstay in my party until the internal battery died. (R.I.P. ;-;)

I usually roll with Water types, so Totodile for me. However, I'm a big fan of Tybrosion (not a typo)

Hard to say; I just love them all! My favourite out of the three would have to be Chikorita though, with Typhlosion coming second. It's design is just adorable but I personally prefer having a fire-type starter, which is why Typhlosion comes close. <3

I have always loved Totodile. Long time ago when I wasn't into Pokémon, my friend had SoulSilver and his starter was also Totodile. When I started playing Silver myself on an emulator, which was my first own Pokémon game, I picked Totodile without doubt. That one has become my first level 100 too.
Yeah, Croconaw sucks. But who cares if it's other forms are awesome?

I've always been very partial to the grass starters no matter how much flack they seem to get. I always loved Bulbasaur, it was my first choice and still is to this day whenever I revisit Kanto so naturally I went with Chikorita as well. Although it struggles a lot with the start of the game it also learns Razor Leaf like right away, that might not seem worth it to most of you but I like that fact.

On another note I like the evolution levels of the Johto starters. I feel like they were distributed pretty evenly or uniquely.

Cyndaquil All the way! She Is my favourite of all non-legendary Pokemon (possibly even compared to the legendaries)

Totodile :D Because he is like an alligathoar :D

The Totodile line. WATER ELF LITTLE CROCODILE WILL DO!
...but honestly, I think Croconaw with its caveman colour/pattern scheme looks really cool and innovative, and Feraligatr's menacing and ready to fight. Totodile's a cutie, too.

I picked Totodile my first time playing, and loved it. So I'd go with him.

But I love the other two as well. This generation's starters and first generation starters are my favorites!

Whoooo Cyndaquil!! <3 :3

I like all of the Gen.2 starters, but most of the time I picked Cyndaquil. And if I couldn't make up my mind which one I should choose, I just performed the famous "cloning glitch" and picked all three starters :3