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I picked Chimchar. Not because I like it any more than the other starters (all three are terrible), but because there are no decent fire-types to battle the Elite Four with aside from Infernape, so I sort of had to pick it.
Well I started with a Piplup, becasue usually on my first playthrough i always pick the water pokemon because later on it would learn surf, and to me that would have been a powerful move.
My first [and favorite] starter was Piplup. <3 I restarted many different times though, so I tried out Chimchar and Turtwig too. They weren't the same. ;____;
Haha, well, I chose Piplup first time in Diamond...and then again in Platinum. I've used them all (although Torterra has never defeated the Pokémon League), and the last time I played through Diamond, I chose Infernape, then used Empoleon as well (traded).