 "Official Nintendo Magazine"s Tom East bemoaned the lack of villains in the "Super Smash Bros." series, suggesting that Giratina would be a good choice for a playable character in "Super Smash Bros. Brawl".He described it as the "biggest badboy of them all" and cited its impressive statistics and wide variety of abilities as reason for it to appear.1UP.com's Justin Haywald described Giratina's new form as one of "Platinum"s "biggest draws".