I agree, 25 would be an awesome number, heck, I could even tolerate 30 if needs be...however, if we throw in what we have now + the 3S crew...that'll push the mark well over 40 characters.
That's a real joke if you ask me, and I agree once more, some characters in KoF have some pretty ass storylines, that's another problem imo with having so many characters, from a storyline standpoint...how do you make them important? We have alot of them being irrelevant to the line of SF already, if you aren't in direct storyline to either Ryu, Gouki, Dictator, Gill, or the likes, then your storyline is pretty much linear to say the least.
Obviously it's not the most important aspect, but as someone who does enjoy the storyline as well, it's more interesting to see what'll happen. Maybe "Makoto" will make it as an easter character, I don't know, however I would still like them to try and keep true to the storyline.