Dang. I guess it IS Lucius' Lapras after all. Nuts. I really thought this would be another Lapras and they'd save Lucius'for later.

Well, there IS a rumor among would-be analyst this will be the shortest series yet (at 120+ episodes, as I recall )

HOWEVER, there's still a lot they can do besides the Six Heroes and Rakua. In particular, I think Roy's going to be a battle competition arc similar to the PWC. (SOMEONE has to represent actual Pokemon battles while Liko's playing "The Secret of Blue Water-types") .

Besides, traveling to ALL regions as arcs is going to still take a while.