Heh, if you're playing MegaMan games for story, then I'm sorry!
One of the most sensible opinions in this thread. Honestly, Megaman game story lines are a joke at best. They have holes, things left unexplained and they jump time lines way too much FOR there to be anything to make sense. A good story is from point A, to B, to C, to D. Not A, to C, to O, to Cinnamon Toast crunch. >_> If you want a story that makes sense, pick up a book, not a Megaman game.
Also, I disagree HIGHLY with Zan there, due to the thought that MM9 furthers the storyline. Uh.... no. It said that robots expire, time passed, and Megaman can't use the slide anymore. That's not character development. It was like Final Destination the movie but for Megaman. You are NOT there for the plot, you are not there for the character development. (Which it also lacks) You're there to blast bots in a fun game.
And to Cyberpunk, I'll tell you what Jay Sherman told the world. "If people would stop going to see bad movies, they will stop making bad movies. If the movie stinks, just don't go." In that sense, nerds themselves are the ones to blame for some of the...subpar Megaman games put out from MM EXE 4-6 to StarForce. If the game is terrible, just stop buying them and the company will get it and say "Oh. People aren't buying this. They don't like it." And they'll either A) Put out a better and improved version (This is PROVED by Devil May Cry 2's suckyness and Devil May Cry 3's non sucky-ness.), B) They won't make anymore of the series. And that would just be the end of it, and the nerds will have nothing to [sonic slicer] about. Or C) Stupid company is stupid and puts out something that sucked all around anyways, because they are stupid.
This has been done with Evergrace. It sucked, people knew it. The company knew it, people didn't WANT Forever Kingdom, but stupid company put out game anyway. Why it not make moneys?!
So if you want a better game of something, the only thing you can do is NOT buy what sucks, the numbers will show to the company, and they will focus on what is good... Or they'll be all like "Oooooh. Sphere black ball sparkle. Why rope ontop of it disappearing? *BOOOM!* IT AM SPARKLE! AHHHHH!"