Mega Man X Legacy Collection

Wait, is that the manga where X obtains the "Clear Armor"?

BalancedHydra Well then... Yes, I can see it now! A future DLC for Mega Man X Legacy Collection!

Or maybe it's a secret unlockable right in the base game? "Clear Armor" for X!

About the creation a new game.
I wonder what approach would they even take this time.

I don't think Capcom is too worried about a consistent timeline, but they kinda tried to change it with the X1 remake that's also a reboot of sorts.
Anyhow, I doubt they will ever make sequels to the Maverick Hunter X timeline. But since the timeline conflicts with other series, many plot holes are created.

Command Mission one such example, taking place where the Zero series should take place.
Though I like a lot of elements on that game, I can understand why it's not considered canon.

And that happens even throughout the X series, with X6 taking place some few weeks after X5, even though all the endings in X5 mention some years or months being passed. And after X6, the continuity becomes really confusing too.
The particular problem is the fact that the X series tries to make a serious environment, be more plot-driven and have deeper characters than the classic series, but many of the elements that work in the classic series don't work that well in the X series.

When Dr. Wily returns, it's fine, we know he will come back, and he doesn't die, and the game is very lighthearted and doesn't try to make it mysterious at all when someone is the "new" villain taking Wily's place (which of course, never happens), it's just like a children animated series with a simple plot that just exists for you to have a reason to do what you're doing. The personalities of the bosses (which aren't shown in-game most of time, but in books with additional information) are also often comical and lighthearted.

But then, when you have Sigma coming back sometimes out of nowhere (X6 and X7), it really harms the series, in my opinion.
As he adds nothing to the overall story, and is often just an excuse to revive Sigma again.
Gate, for example, was doing everything because he wanted, and for some reason, decided to revive Sigma just for the sake of it.

I honestly would prefer if X6 just continued X's story line, showing how he handled being without Zero anymore, and slowly progress to the Elf Wars and all of the events unseen, it would serve as a good build up to the Zero series, and they would still get the sales they wanted from the X series. And story would be more fleshed out.
The Zero series has a great story, great characters and is great in every single way, in my opinion. But a lot of events in the X series after X6 conflict with the Zero series sometimes.

While I'm generally not this obsessed with timelines, in this series case, I would really love to see it being handled better, as it's one of my favorite series. I think after X5, the series could even have more games that take place in between other games, as opposed to just direct sequels (Like Castlevania, with games not taking place in chronological order.), that would be a good way to flesh out more of the story, without so many plot holes. We could see more of the Repliforce, which would give more emotional impact to the events of X4 in hindsight. And we could experience the events that lead up to the Zero series, and so on.

I understand that it must be hard to keep a story for a long running series, but I still wish they would take this approach.

I picked up Vol.1 (digitally for Xbox One) on Friday (prior to getting it I"d only played the first X game, which I really enjoyed, and since I had heard that X5-X8 sucks I opted to just stick with Vol.1 instead of picking up both) and I have so far managed to 100% complete both X & X2 (though I F****NG  hated 100% completing X2 partially because I started having some "controller response" issues while I was playing it and I especially hated trying to get to room that has the "secret" weapon in it.....which took me at least 45 attempts just to reach....the first time....only to find out I messed up and had to do it all over again....) in the span of 4 days. I also finished all the X Challenge mode which started off kinda easy (I managed to beat the first challenge with just the X-buster), but by the time I got to the final challenge it became a whole lot harder/more challenging (especially when trying to do it only using the X-Buster) and in a few instances I managed to finish the challenge just by the skin of my teeth. Now I do plan on 100% completing both X3 and X4 though I think I'll do that once I've taken a little "break" (I think I might play all the way through another game before I come back to the Legacy Collection) since I was raging really hard at X2 by the time I got towards the end of the game.

It really isn't that surprising to know that Sigma could still survive as separate computer viruses.
^
Sigma's final line is: "But... someday... I... will..." (Implying that he still can return. He has yet to be completely defeated.)

You probably wouldn't know that Dr. Cain himself was responsible for creating the Repliforce organization unless you had the manual for X4. I believe it's a detail they decided on at the last minute.

In X2, there's another Reploid character named Serges who heavily hints through dialogue (especially in the original Japanese) that he's at least connected to Wily; there's also the fact that Serges is apparently the only living individual who is capable of repairing & rebuilding Zero, and hence is the in-universe reason why Zero receives a design-change in X3 (Zero is "completed" by Serges).

Meanwhile, Weil is a completely unrelated character. He was just an underappreciated mad scientist who had a really low opinion of reploids, and was responsible for starting the very conflict that led to the Zero series. Plus, none other than Keiji Inafune confirmed that Weil isn't Wily (and that official statement has yet to be contradicted).