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I chose Achamo (Torchic) as my Starter in Sapphire version, and Kimori (Treecko) as my Starter in Ruby version. I had to start Ruby version over at one point and chose Achamo again in the second playthrough.
In both Ruby and Omega Ruby, I've chosen Torchic (now Blaziken). When the Hoenn starters were first revealed, Torchic was the one who stood out the most to me. This sort of started my tradition of choosing the Fire starter in every new generation since then, as before Gen 3, I was rather random in my starter pickings. (I had Pikachu in Gen 1 because I played Yellow, Totodile in the original Johto games, and Chikorita in HG/SS.)
I chose Achamo (Torchic) as my Starter in Sapphire version, and Kimori (Treecko) as my Starter in Ruby version. I had to start Ruby version over at one point and chose Achamo again in the second playthrough.
I chose Torchic in Sapphire because I was a big fan of Blaziken back then. I picked Treecko in Ruby because by then I had seen the anime and liked Ash's Treecko.