>@Luigi The President accusing me of fan bias
Took you long enough lol.
Joking aside, I've simply come to peace with the SE rep. As much as I would love Sora, or Lara Croft, or Bartz, or Terra, or Sephiroth, or Neku, or Agnes, or Geno, or Crono...it'll be Erdrick.
I don't like Dragon Quest. I don't even like its genre (JRPGs) as a whole, outside of Pokémon and some other titles like Persona. It's not popular outside of Japan, and will never truly be as popular worldwide as it is there despite any attempts to cram it down our throats. It certainly doesn't qualify as a third-party with worldwide popularity, a criteria Sakurai specified he aims for, and at best will always be second fiddle to Final Fantasy, a series that is unafraid to experiment and change with the times, compared to Dragon Quest which has largely remained stagnant over the years. These are my honest opinions on the series. I'd much rather prefer many, if not any SE character over a DQ rep. I hope it's Erdrick because his design is better than Luminary (the DQXI protagonist) with his dopey bowl-cut or the literal generic mook Slime.
I'll be very happy if proven otherwise, but for the time being I'd expect the SE rep to be a Dragon Quest character. Trust me when I say that there's a lot pointing to it.