User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-19936604-20150601073236/@comment-25275196-20150603072556

the portables have always come after the first, and then the "ultimate/G" so MH4U was portable 4th while MHX will probably be the "ultimate" of this gen, after all, most (if not all) previous gens have had 3 games. For example, there was dos, then portable 2nd, then freedom unite.