Yes you should have.
Fair enough. It'll be easy. New Game > Difficulty Prompt > Load Separate Maps with Different Enemies, Characters, and Items. I'm thinking Easy, Normal, Hard, and Contra difficulties.
Eh, I think 10-30 for bases and 100 - 300 for maxes would work better, but that's just me.
Holy crapnuts. I want that. Now. The amount of different events you can make with that is awesome.
In addition to formatting the map, I also write up a plot for the game, if that's cool with you. I'll try to give all the characters plenty of back story and flashback areas. :D