

Wat hinted that MEIKO was definitely receiving an update and that the whole V3 Crypton lineup was due for release next summer. A few days later, Meiko Haigou announced that she finished recording for MEIKO completely. Īfter a long interval, MEIKO's recording was resumed in November 2011. In July, Wat reported that both MEIKO and Luka's progresses were moving forward quietly. Wat was unsure what Appends she should have compared to KAITO's update. Wat confirmed that MEIKO was still being worked on and her progress continued throughout June 2011. At the time of the poll, the planned development stages of the Crypton VOCALOIDs were MEIKO → Megurine Luka → KAITO.

Crypton noted these opinions only came from core VOCALOID users and listeners. Ĭrypton conducted a survey of 8,000+ people confirming positive views towards updating her from VOCALOID. However, MEIKO's development was a separate story to KAITO. In December, MEIKO and KAITO were confirmed for updates, but it was unknown they would be released for VOCALOID2 or VOCALOID3 as they were still being planned. In September, it was noted that CFM was considering updating MEIKO and KAITO to VOCALOID2 or VOCALOID3.

In early February 2010, Wat mentioned a desire to work on MEIKO and the children's choir, but was working on Rin and Len. According to Meiko Haigou, unlike the first VOCALOID recording, the new update was much more relaxed and she was not rushed to finish. The results, which satisfied Crypton, allowed new recordings to begin. Meiko Haigou's voice was tested to see how it fared within the VOCALOID2 engine due to how both she and the engine have aged. Use of the VOCALOID2 version can be found in Project mirai. However, it is known that even Crypton Future Media could not predict if this update would be for either engine. It is unknown when production switched from VOCALOID2 to VOCALOID3.
