Like I said though, the comments I referred to were said on the OFFICIAL KOF 10th anniversary page, 5 years ago. The usual rules of engagement are that "Word of God" trumps all, right? That goes even beyond what the games present (which are usually ambivalent until they try to make sense of things some games later, any way).
So, in short, clinging to what may have been the "old explanation" (2K's strikers seems to be the main one) is not really the standard now, it seems.
Where is that info? I can't find it. It certainly doesn't help that SNK of America hasn't updated the thing in half a decade >_>
Also, IMO, the 2k strikers mean that to the old SNK they were dead back then, but now it's not the same SNK anymore, it's now SNKP, so anything can happen.
Well, on one hand, I don't think it was explicitly said one way or the other about Orochi's sealing. But on the other, it's pretty plain to see that the New Faces' own storyline and ending didn't happen as was depicted, just like what could be said for a number of the other endings that were presented in that game.
After all, there wasn't any opportunity for Shingo+Kyo's ending to occur like it did, because Kyo and Iori were supposed to have disappeared following the events of the "Shingi Trioca" (Heavenly Treasures) ending, which was definitely the one, true ending of that game.
Yeah, I know that they don't always happen exactly like that even when they are canon.
Because again, they now have the "word of God" fallacy to rely on, which basically gives them free reign to bring back any and all KOF favorites, as they wish.
They didn't need "word of god," they themselves said they were gonna do it anyways