Well, the thing with Shen is that he has that certain style that makes SNK characters so cool and unique.
He is a 100% classic SNK character.
Good thing about this character is that he also doesn´t have a real story or motive, he just wants to fight stronger opponents. This means that when we get a new arc, Ash and Elizabeth might be drop to follow the new story, but Shen could easily stick around, he could be invited for any team any time.
I can´t wait to use him (I am already a Shen user since XI).
The tourney videos were cool, the only problem is that I got excited seeing Takuma in the first match, but then....
Man, noone uses Takuma, I would really love to see someone kicking ass with him, but after 1.1 ver got released, he just dissapeared.