The bolded part is still up in the air, they threw Necrozma into the mix and the guys from ultra space outside of that everything else seems more or less the usual fare of what third versions usually get, which clearly shows these games aren't the B2W2 of SM as it was thought inisitally.
Considering they said outright it was an alternate story and not a continuation, there was no reason to think these would be like B2W2.
Also it's not that up in the air
These two pictures are not as convincing as you think they are.
Those pictures are the information we had from June until around August.