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A big difference here. Requiem, Owari and Annihilation:Earth (except for the very last scene) were good episodes that didn't badly contradict canon. Nick promoted the Mutant Apocalypse;  they just made another arc the official finale and have been treating this arc as non-canon and referring to it as "another dimension". Nick officially confirmed on their Twitter that the Crossover is indeed the series finale, and that arc was the last one to premiere on TV. MA was merely the last arc produced;  nothing more. Why on Earth should Nick "stand by" a polished turd like MA?

Ciro intended for MA to be the finale, for dubious reasons and despite serious continuity problems. He can try to claim it's "canon" all he wants, but he has no control over how fans view or interpret it. Logically, the arc doesn't fit into canon. Nobody has been able to explain away the contradictions regarding Renet's description of the true future. There have been desperate attempts, but none have been successful.

As for Chompy, etc....an alternate dimension can have similar events with key differences. See SAINW as an example. They still had all 4 turtles, April, Casey, Karai, Shredder, etc. So, clearly that reality had similarities with the main timeline, but key differences.

In the end, it's a cartoon, for goodness' sake. It's strange how desperate fans are to force others to accept it as "canon". Which is precisely why I have chosen to speak up about it. People have every right to treat it as non-canon and/or an alternate reality/timeline, whether certain fans like it or not :)