Unless it's Turtwig, yep. Ever since B/W I started ditching my starters, because I feel most of the time they're way too good early in-game, easy to train, boring and everybody uses them. It's not that I hate using popular Pokemon (I still use Gyarados, but only if I train Magikarp myself), but I like variety, and generally not a lot of starters really appeal to me. It's the same with the early bird Pokemon. (Fearow >>>>> Pidgeot. Always.)
Torterra is a Grass/Ground Tortoise and Ankylosaur hybrid so it's different.