Until I hear otherwise, I figure I'll just stick to the Johto/Kanto region. I started my game, named myself "Florian", and picked "Chikorita". Looking forward to catching my "Bellsprout", and defeating Falkner.
And because I was curious:
Katsuya - Psychic (Blue)
tenaciousg - Water (Emerald)
HeadCheese - Normal (FireRed)
Christian BerTeke - Rock (Gold)
Carparama - Grass (Soul Silver)
Fry_4000 - Ground (Platinum)
Larz - Fighting (Leaf Green)
Benjin Stark - Flying (FR/LG)
stokerino - Bug (Fire Red)
Chris2K - Electric (Crystal)
En Dub - Fire (Leaf Green)
Types available: Steel, Dark, Dragon, Ice, Poison, Ghost.