I think whenever a new gen is announced, there's always leaks of the new starter evos, many of which are fake. I remember when Sun & Moon were coming out and I saw a supposed Corocoro leak of the starters' evos, which I thought were real until the leaks from Game Freak came out. I thought Popplio was going to evolve into some kind of Darth Vader seal.I chose Piplup because when I first played Diamond I thought that the fake Piplup evo that I saw online was real so I was excited to have that on my team. Imagine how mad I was when I saw that Piplup evolved into Empoleon.
I chose Chimchar in Platinum too.I choose Piplup in Diamond and Chimchar in Platinum. Overall I prefer Chimchar because Infernape is awesome.
ChimcharIf Sinnoh remakes are announced soon, which starter will you use in the remakes? Will you use the same starter(s) as you did in the originals, or will you use a different starter altogether?