ZX Virtuous
Well, I'm fairly certain I'm not the first to say this, but KOFMI3 got canned. Not much of a sobstory for me, but it did make me think: Wouldn't 3D KOF turn more heads if it didn't include mainstays Kyo/Iori/K'/Ash/etc., but instead focused on the life of Shingo Yabuki? I could see it as SNK's answer to Rival Schools/Project Justice---you could have Malin, Kasumi, Xiangfei, Kensou, Athena (and I could go on with younger characters, but that'd be redundant---), and others fight each other in a more light-hearted setting. I don't know, just a not-so-random thought I've been occasionally coming back to now and again...
personally I think they shouldn't even bother with 3d. or if they do, it should be like MI games. Mainly for that stupid counter nonsense. KoF MI is just DoA with actual interesting characters. The counter just screws up the game so much...
plus didn't SNK Learn they weren't 3d bound with Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition?