If you want to make N popular...

[njitsu]

Why not update it? There are a whole bunch of bugs that need fixing, adding new content like new drones, obstacles, maybe even new tiles, all that kind of stuff would be great. Maybe a whole new set of episodes; even like 5 would be great. I don't think I've seen a new version of N for... 3 years? More?

What the hell is Metanet doing? This game has way too much potential to be ignored like this...

[Izzy]

There are a whole bunch of bugs that need fixing

If by bugs you mean stuff like floorguard glitches, oneway glitches, corner jumping, and going through chaingun drone fire, I personally don't think they should be fixed. HIghscorers have been using those glitches to their advantage since the game was made. Would N be as exciting without those glitches? No? Yes? Well, you can get N+ (DS, PSP, XBLA), which has gotten rid of those (but added some others in the process).

adding new content like new drones, obstacles, maybe even new tiles, all that kind of stuff would be great. Maybe a whole new set of episodes; even like 5 would be great.

You should check out Nreality here. It has pretty much everything you described there, except for the new tiles. I doubt new tiles can/should be implemented by M&R because for a tile to function properly (enemywise, and perhaps ninjawise due to something about collision detection), one entire side of the tile space must be a tile. The wiser ones can tell you about that.

I don't think I've seen a new version of N for... 3 years? More?

Last version was 1.4, from April '04, which makes it nearly 6 years of update-lessness, unless you include Nreality, which Unreality tries his best to constantly update, and N+. Meanwhile, you can tell everybody you're playing a classic.

What the hell is Metanet doing? This game has way too much potential to be ignored like this...

Last I heard, they were working on two new games, Robotology and Office Yeti. You should check out their blog, which they recently promised to update, here.

I feel this post has been made more than once.

[Pheidippides]

I feel this post has been made more than once.

It has.