Only by trading.
Trading.
In the Hoenn Region, not only in Sapphire, you get those three Johto starters by getting a Hoenn Pokedex of 202. When you do, Professor Birch will call you with a Pokenav and you can choose either Cyndaquil (who I chose), Chikorita, or Totodile.
after completing ur hoenn pokedex, professor birch will let u choose chikorita, cyndaquil, or totodile. then u can just get cyndaquil.
You have to beat all of Mt. Battle plus you can never access your PC at all while going up through Mt. Battle. If you succeed in doing that then you'll be rewarded with either a Chikorita, Totodile or Cyndaquil. Each one knows a special move. Chikorita knows Frenzy Plant, Totodile knows Hydro Cannon and Cyndaquil knows Blast Burn.
i suggest getting a totodile or cyndaquil
You get it by getting a life...and not playing Pokemon...
you can get it by getting a pichichu in pearl trade it to heartgold
Getting one as your starter Pokemon is the only way unless you can trade with another person.
Snover is not available in Pokémon HeartGold so the only option to getting Snover in HeartGold is via trading.
I'd say Cyndaquil, since there aren't any water gyms around, until you reach the Kanto region (thank goodness) Though, Totodile's good too, since it and its evolutions can be taught Ice Beam and Dragon Claw for Clair's gym in Blackthorn (minor spoil) You have an overall advantage with Cyndaquil until Blackthorn City. By power, Totodile is best. By type and advantage wise, Cyndaquil. Chikorita will have trouble getting past the first and second gym... Totodile is the strongest it can destroy chikorita with ice fang. Chikorita is not okay unless u get to the kanto region. it doesnt really matter because with a different starter u can switch between rioku and entei. cyndiquil is not going to work against Giovanni ( whoops i mean blue ) in the kanto region.
The only way to getting infernape is by link trade
March 14, 2010. Pokemon heartgold will also be released on march14, 2010