 In another canceled "Street of Rage 4" project, for the Dreamcast in 1999, Blaze was to be replaced by a female ninja character named Erie and using a similar fighting style.Blaze Fielding was well received, noted for being one of the first strong female heroines in video games, especially on Sega platforms and in the beat 'em up genre, with Violet Berlin describing Blaze as "a welcome change" when she "spoke out for the girls" in 1993.According to Brazilian "Gamers" in 1993, Blaze has already been "acclaimed by game maniacs as one of the muses of games;" German "Mega Fun" called her the strongest "video game babe" after Chun-Li, and Italian "Game Power" opined Blaze was superior to Chun-Li, even as she was "not as beautiful as "Final Fight 2"'s Maki."