The rest of the game, perhaps?
No, you do not get to choose a Starter Pokémon in "Pokémon HeartGold" immediately after arriving in the Kanto region however later on after you've defeated all of the 8 Kanto Gym Leaders including Blue, you'll get to choose a Kanto Starter and a Hoenn Starter.
Quite frankly, it is impossible to receive your Kanto starter first. You start the game in NewBark Town, which is located in the Johto region. In Professor Elm's lab, you can only choose between three Johto starter Pokemon. You can get the Kanto starter Pokemon later in the game.
You can choose one of the three Kanto starter Pokemon
get a starter from kanto get a complete poke'dex for kanto(and jhoto) get all 16 badges and your done with the game
your able to pick a kanto starter
You go get the kanto and hoenn starter pokemon. You get the kanto starters in professor oaks lab in kanto. You can get the hoenn starters in silph co you talk to steven he'll ask what stone you would choose if you choose green stone you get treecko if you choose red stone you get torchic if you choose blue stone you get mudkip.
Yes, there is a way to get Kanto Starters. After defeating Red at Mt. Silver, you have to go to Professor Oak's lab to choose only one Kanto starter.
In Pokemon Heartgold and Soulsilver you can get a Johto starter from Professor Elm, a Hoenn starter from Steven, and a Kanto starter from Professor Oak
you will get a free pokemon....but you will have to choose........cyndaquil,totodile or chikorita.
After you defeat Red, go to professor oak's lab and he will let you choose which kanto starter you want.
In the begining of the game, you can choose between todadile, chikorita, or cyndaquil. After you beat red, talk to professor oak to get a kanto starter, and steven to get a hoen starter.
Sinoh jhoto kanto and hoen the zephyr region is the kanto starter's