 GameZone's Nick Akerman ranked Blaze as the third toughest female character in gaming in 2008, as did the staff of MeriStation in 2015.IGN Spain put up Blaze and Tyris Flare from "Golden Axe" to represent the beat 'em up genre in their 2013 list of top ten "classic game heroines".TechRaptor's Georgina Young included this "fan favorite" on her 2015 list of top six "feminist female protagonists" in video games.