It's alright. Start at DQ11 if you want. As Square puts it, it's afresh start for the modern and veteran gamers alike (or something like that). They're aiming to globalize the franch further and widen its audience. Its backed hard (including Akira). So it is a place to start if you ever considered.
And who doesn't love Dragon Ball
.. and yeah, many DQ heroes are just called Hero (Yuusha in japanese). So any Smash pick can be named Hero (ain't that unique?).
Ok, so let's try answering this, will Sakurai really disappoint his Geno fans over Sora (or a better deal)? I don't know, he trolls a lot but I just don't see him doing that, it's not a smart thing to do. Well, unless he's forced. But he's a top caller now, so if ever, that's going to be really hard to do (I mean forcing him to). That's how i look at it.
Yeah and that's another thing going against Sora. And again, I really don't see any gains from Sora (or Lara). Hero, probably.
Btw, you heard of Katalina?