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Before I had any knowledge whatsoever of 3rd gen pokés, I chose Torchic hands down as my starter on my ruby version and grew to like it so much, I simply wouldn't allow it to evolve! (especially after dicovering what it evolves into! (I'm sorry, but Combusken and Blaziken look like a chicken and...
Naranja is pretty awesome, if you can get past the awkward translation errors. The Orange Islands are well represented, and the higher difficulty level makes it challengingly fun. ('Crystal Onix', anyone?!)