What are you getting at exactly? The game is a reboot whetever you like it or not.
I'm getting that you should look at Marvel and DC, they have literately thousands of alternate universes, Ultimate Marvel being a big one.
My point is that If Konami clearly keeps bringing up the classic titles, do you think their gonna end it? No
Konami just wanted to try something new and knew it couldn't fit in the Main Timeline, so they made a new one, they did this before already.
Comics and Movies have done this countless of times, why can't games do the same?
It's mostly a case of fans wanting something new, but when they get it its too new for them, so they complain and assume thier familiar franchise is doomed.
but we gotta remember one thing, its
Konami not
Capcom