Even 2 full years after the cancellation, many of us are still left wondering, "What the heck happened with MML3?" The cancellation was a crushing announcement, to be sure, but the thing it was more than anything else was confusing. From our standpoint at the time, things seemed to be going stellar with the game's development. There didn't even seem to be the slightest hint that it would be cancelled. Yet it was; and the only explanation for it that we received was "lack of certain criteria". Sure, there was also that one tweet from that Capcom Euro guy, but that was debunked by Sven long ago.
Recently, fellow GMOTM member and Devroom veteran R.Case decided to ask about this issue once more on The Ask Capcom Forum. After a few days, Gregaman stepped in to provide further insight on the situation.
You can find his explanation in the link below. It's pretty long, but undoubtedly worth a read.
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