Wolfman Rock
I have rediscovered that Terry Bogard is supposed to be 35 in Mark of the Wolves.
Aha.
His birthday is March 15, 1973.
Aha.
So. This seems to concretely support the other convoluted-if-logical reasons I’ve been going by, to conclude that Mark of the Wolves must take place in 2008 and that the (canonical) Real Bout tournament was held in 1998 (in between KoF years).
As an effort to build up my informational self-reliance (and thereby cut down on the irritation of searching for data), I’ve been building up a database of the vital statistics for every character in the modern-day SNK continuity. (I’ve most of the KoF and FF characters logged at this point.)
Do you know Kim Jae Hoon’s special talent? I do! (It’s reciting pi to the 27th decimal place.) How about Lawrence Blood’s favourite dish? (Beef stew.)
Oh, this is all so very useful that I feel I shall burst!