 "Diehard GameFan" three reviewers gave the game a near perfect score.To wit, Nicholas Dean Des Barres said it was "one of the handful of truly perfect games ever produced", and lamented that the magazine had given "Donkey Kong Country", which he felt was a lackluster game in comparison, the extra single point for a perfect score.Casey Loe removed that one point for Baby Mario's "annoying screech".