Interactive Distractions did a great interview with Shane Bettenhausen of Ignition. It’s all about KOF XII. He explains a little bit about the game. He also gives the definitive reason why Mai isn’t in the game, and it makes sense…
http://interactivedistractions.com/2009/07/22/indis-ep-kof-xii-talk-with-shane-bettenhausen/
EDIT: Crap! Just saw somebody had already posted this in the video thread. Didn’t think it belonged there since there’s no video, but I apologize for re-posting. MODs please delete. Sorry.