If you're missing something, then you're not the only one.

In the following:

# Versions for all modules listed in MYMETA.json (including optional o
+nes):
# 
# === Configure Requires ===
# 
#     Module              Want Have
#     ------------------- ---- ----
#     ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.17 6.66
# 
# === Build Requires ===
# 
#     Module              Want Have
#     ------------------- ---- ----
#     ExtUtils::MakeMaker  any 6.66
# 
# === Test Requires ===
# 
#     Module                Want    Have
#     --------------------- ---- -------
#     ExtUtils::MakeMaker    any    6.66
#     File::Basename         any    2.84
#     File::Find             any    1.23
#     File::Spec             any    3.40
#     File::Spec::Functions  any    3.40
#     File::Temp            0.19    0.23
#     IO::Dir                any    1.10
#     JSON::PP               any 2.27202
#     Test::More            0.99    0.98
#     lib                    any    0.63
#     utf8                   any    1.10
#     vars                   any    1.03
# 
# === Test Recommends ===
# 
#     Module         Want     Have
#     ---------- -------- --------
#     CPAN::Meta 2.120900 2.120921
# 
# === Runtime Requires ===
# 
#     Module       Want    Have
#     ------------ ---- -------
#     B             any 1.42_02
#     Carp          any    1.29
#     Exporter      any    5.68
#     Fcntl         any    1.11
#     Scalar::Util  any    1.27
#     strict        any    1.07
#     warnings      any    1.18
# 
# 
# *** WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING 
+***
# 
# The following REQUIRED prerequisites were not satisfied:
# 
# Test::More version '0.98' is not in required range '0.99'
#
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I see absolutely no mention of Test::Simple and two spots indicating that Test::More version 0.99 is required and Perl is finding Test::More version 0.98. Plus there are quite a few test error messages that have the following:

Test::More version 0.99 required--this is only version 0.98 at
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I'm unable to find a single error message in the posted output that mentions Test::Simple. It looks to me like Test::Simple is not the issue and that the OP needs to update Test::More to version 0.99 or newer (latest release version is 1.001014).