 Writing for "Electronic Gaming Monthly" ("EGM"), a reviewer dubbed "Sushi" said it is the second best 2D fighter on PlayStation behind "Street Fighter Alpha 2".Harry Slater of "Pocket Gamer" and Eurogamer's Wesley Yin-Poole affirmed it has been regarded "by many to be the greatest 2D, one on one fighter of the era" and "the greatest fighting game off all time", respectively.Its graphics have been well received by James Mielke of GameSpot, who qualified it as "fast and fluid animation".