Everyone has the right to be a pokemon geek. Everyone at my high school plays. EVERYONE. The classic ones though, not the later crap. 
Uhhhh....Heart Gold yes, but I like Cyndaquil.

Ho-Oh is the better legendary Pokemon of the two. However, why do you think Totodile is the best starter Pokemon?  

Chikorita! I like me my Leaf pokemon.

I make my choice based on the first two gym battles. However, I would pobably go  Cyndaquil because fire Pokemon are traditionally rare in the early parts of the game. I guess my choice i always tactical.

I'm going with Gold as it was the version I owned back when I was a kid. I am pumped for the coming weeks when it is released.  Don't feel embarrassed for playing Pokemon. I am 19 and I still play every now and then. Most of my friends still play as well. 
 
Edit: As for starter, I usually roll with the water type. They generally are the most useful for the earlier gym battles.

Soul Silver. I was more familiar with Lugia than Ho-oh because of the second Pokemon movie back when I was younger. Plus, the original Silver was my first Pokemon game. 
 
As for my starter, I choose Cyndaquil. I like fire.

i played through the Japeanese SoulSilver so i guess i'll get Heart Gold. As for starters i always have trouble picking between Totodile and Cyndaquil.

My experience has always been it's fire or bust. 
 
Charmander, Cyndaquil, Torchic, They're always the most badass of the three. I save the other ones for the second playthrough.  
 
I'll probably get Silver, because that's the version I played originally, and Lugia is win imo. 

Soul Silver and Cyndaquil. That is the only right answer.

Gold with Totodile.  Water has... less weaknesses than Fire and I dont have a vagina so I wont be using any leafy pokemon.

HeartGold with Totodile, just like back in the day.

I have always gone with fire so Cyndaquil.

The only thing I hated about gold and silver back in the day were the starter pokemon. They're so lame compared to Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise.  
 
I would say Tododile or Cyndaquil, because their final forms are much cooler than Chikorita's.

i plan to go with soul silver, as for started i would have to choose chikorita, unlike totodile it doesnt completely suck when it comes to stats and move set

Soul Silver.

Heart Gold, Totodile.

Silver, Totodile.
The same as I did originally.

I'm also 14 so I loved Gold/Silver too. Cyndaquil was my Pokemon and I leveled him up to a lvl 100 Typhlosion,

I always pick the water but with gold/silver I have to go with  Cyndaquil his movepool is epic I use flamethrower,sunny day, solarbeam and focusblast and hold a heat rock for longer sunny day lol
Its great when i sunny day and my opponent switches to a water type then i solarbeam him for a 1 hit KO also you must max SPA ev and speed EV lol iv been playing these games since 95
 
SNORLAX is still the best

Soul Silver, Cyndaquil

I'm getting Silver and starting with Totodile.

Heart Gold, Chikorita

I never start with one of the three starting Pokémon. I mix it up and trade my starter away for a Pokémon you normally never get to train through the game. For Heart Gold, I'm rolling with a Starmie.

Heart Gold, Cyndaquil. I generally always start with the water starter, but Typhlosion is one of my favorite Pokemon ever despite not being so good compared to other fire types :\

I've played too much Gold. I think I'll go back to my days with Silver, and get the closest DS relative to that version instead. The non-conformist in me wants a pussy Pokemon, too, so obviously Chikorita.

Depends a bit on which version my friends are getting and which starter Pokemon they're choosing but my current plans are to get HeartGold and choose Cyndaquil.

i'm 14 too >_> how about that music the kids are into these days? it's really something <_< 
 
I'll probably get Soulsilver, i had silver and gold back in the day but i liked lugia a lot.

" Silver, Totodile. The same as I did originally. "

SoulSilver 4 lyfe.  I usually pick the grass starter but I'll probably go with Cyndaquil cuz Chikorita looks fucking dumb.  And I already picked it years ago in the original Silver.

I already have them all in pearl : )  But, I'm probably going to go with cyndaquill first and eventually get the rest. I chose totodile way back when so I'm changing things up this time.  It's ok to be a pokemon nerd, Pokemon are awesome!!!!

This is tough for me.  Usually, I start out with the Leaf Pokemon as my starting Pokemon, but I think that Gold/Silver had perhaps the weakest of all the games. 
Not that I don't like Chikorita, but compared to Cyndaquil and Totodile, it's definitely not as easy for me to pick it.  I'll probably end up starting with Chikorita or Cyndaquil. 
Oh, and picking up Heartgold.

Gold; Totodile.

this thread makes me want to go find my Crystal version.

im 19 and i play all the pokemon games that come out so, i picked heart gold and cyndaquil

Cyndaquil, by far one of my favorite pokemon and on of the coolest.