There are all sorts of interesting and unusual Pokémon that have released over the years, particularly as we head into more recent generations, where The Pokemon Company and Game Freak have to think of ever more outlandish designs. Of the original 151, however, it does feel like Lapras is one of the most interesting.
Everything we see of it in the early years suggests that it's a very different proposition from other 'mons, with exceptional intelligence and an emotional willingness to help humans. Not only that, it also doesn't come with anything in the way of a normal evolutionary line, but it turns out that could all have easily been very different, if original plans for the creature had been adopted.
Over on Twitter/X, the user Centro LEAKS, who has become known for confirming inside information from behind the Pokémon developer's closed walls, shared a post featuring a scan of a sketch that seemingly shows a pre-evolution for Lapras.
As many of you will already know, many Pokémon have three stages to their evolutionary line, increasing in power each time they grow. Plenty of others from the original 151 have a two-stage evolution, like Vulpix or Ponyta, but there...
