Does falcoon have rights on the MI series that won't allow them to continue the series with a new artist?
The General idea seems to be that The MI series died with Falcoons departure. Plans for MI3 were scrapped, and I think they had a port for MI2 announced for 360 early on as well?
The females still appear in their Cellphone games, however, so they don't seem entirely deleted.
SNKP should support XIII post-release with occasional DLC (preferably not new characters, though) and balance/netcode patches (if necessary, hopefully they won't be). They should also support SNK tournaments outside of Asia with some random prizes. Nothing fancy really. Also, the producers of KOF doing something as simple as putting in an appearance at a tournament to congratulate the winners would be a nice gesture.
What could be worthy DLC for XIII that'd actually draw attention, though, that's not a character? I guess awesome bonus Palettes like Masked Takuma and Big Bear/Raiden... but I really think "Characters & Stage" Combo packs would be a worthy addition. If they handle the idea similiar to how Aksys is handeling the BBCS DLC + Arcade Sequel release + that Arcade live net update stuff they're mentioned partnering with, then it could be good for everyone; tourney players, new fans, and SNKP.
Anywho, much agree with the support idea. It'd be great if they even did small, relativately inexpensive things like send a few SNKP employees with Xbox360 to big anime conventions (Aksys tried this with BBCT, correct?)
Fans should work on playing the hell out of XIII. Discover every intricacy and detail the game has to offer. Get serious with it. Don't see XIII as a fighter that will simply tide you over until the next SNK announcement, but a fighter you'll be going back to for years and years to come. Raise the status of KOF in the eyes of other fighting game fans, and show it's worthy of the "King" in its title.
Alot of this should happen automatically, when everyone has the game in their hands. I wouldn't worry too much about these wishlist kinda topics... they're just an ok way to pass the time while waiting for 2k2UM XBLA and XIII Console releases.
If both these things happen, then SNK can make a Kinect-controlled witch-touching game for all I care. They will have done the impossible, and I'd have no desire to make any lame fanboy requests of them.
Personally, I hope they suppliment serious support of XIII on consoles with downloadable side projects. Capcom did a good job with this in the early years of this console generation, and it's a good testing ground for Genre interest, netcode, old series revivals, and experimental game ideas. Today's official announcement of Trouble Witches NEO + SNK Playmore XBLA on Facebook suggest that they agree.