WHAT?! The KOF96 Esaka stage is already included???? Or was it from a preview build?
As the Prof notes on MMCafe, PSNProfiles has full sized version of the Trophy / Achievement images from the game. You can clearly see, now, that SNKP at least made a single sprite frame for each of these characters, which is pretty cool!
Rose Adel
Mukai Shion
Heidern Magaki
Nest Kyo Botan
Rimelo and Shroom Mr. Karate
Ohhhh, they are either planning KOFXIV dreammatch to include them as playables or they are already in the process of being developed as playable DLC!!!!! (I can at least see Botan and Shroom+Rimelo being added to KOFXIII, but no one really knows how far along those characters are ready for either DLC or a KOFXIII/XIV expansion. I don't think those single sprites are just for icons, they could hint at future plans. ). Other companies get away with reselling updated versions of their fighting games so I wouldn't mind if they offer these characters through a separate version, or DLC characters, either way they should be added as playables, and the rest of those icon hints too (like Heidern, Adelheid, Mukai, etc.)
Usually KOF dreammatches bring back villains/characters from those in the saga. so it's really possible they might make previous unplayable story characters playable in a new KOFXIII version or the KOFXIV version that includes just about every major story character from Ash Saga as playables!