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I'm actually reconsidering Piplup suddenly. Think I've used it for almost all of my replays at this point, as much as I love and want to keep using it. Turtwig would probably be a more interesting choice... and it opens up doors for me to get more attached to Torterra. :D Especially if it ends up getting a mega or something, which has potential to look super cool.
If I end up getting the game, I will definitely go with turtwig. I think it is an underrated pokemon... or at least that its final evo torterra makes up for the uninteresting pre evos.
It's hard to say which starter I'm going to choose. In my original playthrough of Pokemon Diamond I used Piplup so perhaps I may change things up by using Turtwig this time. I'm not a fan of Chimchar or its evolution line so that rules it out.