Mega Man X9

' (also known as Rockman X9'). A mysterious trailer was uploaded to YouTube on the 31st of July, 2010, showcasing this unofficially continuation of Capcom's Mega Man X series. It appears to have blended the style if the SNES games with elements of the later instalments.

Whether this was a real fan-game being developed or a fan-animation remains unknown. Regardless, the trailer is all that exists.

A real game?
The way the characters move and the details and visual effects (more specifically their subtlety in their placement and appearance) suggest there is actual gameplay being recorded. This is made even more apparent by the way certain effects flicker in the footage. They appear to flicker unpredictably, much like when fast-flickering sprites are recorded at low frame-rates.

At the end of the trailer, a message appears stating "Game in no way affiliated with CAPCOM," suggesting that this was a fan-game. The website link in the message (www.dpadstudio.com) takes the user to a website owned by an indie game studio names "D Pad Studio". The members of the team started working together in 2007 (three years before this trailer's release) and released a Savant: Ascent, a 2D pixel shooter platformer, in 2013. Their recent game, Owlboy, is a very retro-inspired game. This suggests they may have developed this unofficial game as a team before cancellation.

An animation?
Considering that this was released two years after Mega Man 9 's release and the same year as Mega Man 10, this may have been a mock-up showing what a potential Mega Man X game with a similar throwback style could have been made. The message at the end of the trailer also says "For more information on how this was made" could suggest a behind the scenes, something rarely done with fan-games, but sometimes done with fan-animations.

In addition, no development updates seem to exist. This project may have just been a throwaway thing.