most people picked torchic on their first time, because of the anime, and some people got the event torchic as well, I would say thats about fair.
Well okay then, I can see your reasoning there. I can't remember if I saw the anime first, or if I played the game first, but I picked Torchic because it was cute and looked like a chicken. And back when I was six years old, chickens were my favourite animal... >_>