A regional shape highly anticipated by fans.
The affection and love for the Pokémon of the first generation is a quite evident fact within the Pokémon community, thereby giving rise to the first 151 species are protagonists of various fanarts and moments by fans. Without going any further, we have the example of the discovery of a real Pidgey that a fan has shared on social networks and has gone viral.
All of the above being said, while there are some who are loved more than others, there is no denying the fact that Lapras is among the fan favoritesbeing so that a certain mysticism was created around this Pokémon due to the fact that it is one of those Pokémon that can only be obtained once in the game at the same time that in the anime it was one of the few Pokémon capable of communicating with humans.
A regional form of Lapras that fuses this Pokémon with Dragalge
Lapras in the Pokémon Origins anime
Given this, with the regional forms that were released in the seventh generation, many users expect that Lapras receives new formsthis being something that was half fulfilled with the introduction of its Gigamax in Pokémon Sword and Shield, being the characteristic and unique movement of this considered as the best of the whole game.
And under this same premise, it has been possible to see how the Reddit user known as CraigRosnerArt has anticipated Game Freak by creating a fanart of Lapralge, the regional form of Lapras that swaps its Ice typing for Dragon, making it have the same typing combination as Palkia and Kingdra. You can take a look at it below:
For the rest, it must be said that this thing that makes Lapras special has been maintained throughout the generations, being that it is expected that this Pokémon appears in Scarlet and Purple, although at the moment it is within the list of unconfirmed. Therefore, we will have to wait for a future trailer or November 18 to see whether or not Lapras is in the ninth generation.