best bodies in the business". In QMI Agency's 2012 poll "ultimate fighting champion", Nina beat Dead or Alive's Kasumi and Virtua Fighter's Pai Chan, before losing to Mortal Kombat's Liu Kang. In 2014, What Culture ranked Nina as the 12th greatest ever fighting game character, opining she "isn’t overtly sexualised in the same way that, say, Taki and Ivy from SoulCalibur are," and regarding her as among the strongest female video game characters. Nina was often noted for sex appeal. Readers of German magazine Mega Fun and of Polish edition of GameStar had her voted at third place for the "Video Game Babe of 1998" award and fifth in the 2006 poll for the title of "Miss of the Video Game World", respectively. She was voted the "Hottest Female Fighting Character" in a 2008 poll by Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, also previously being voted number one in the "Hot" category by readers of French magazine Consoles + in 2004. She has been placed on many lists of most attractive female game characters, including being placed sixth by GameTrailers in 2007, 30th by GameDaily in 2008, 17th by UGO in 2011, 20th by Gadget Review in 2012, and 15th by GameHall's Portal PlayGame in 2014. Maxim listed Nina among the top nine "video game vixens" in 2009, complimenting her costumes and her running around with a katana with very high heels in Death by Degrees as "frightening and erotic at the same time," and she was also showcased on a similar list by Polish magazine Fakt in 2013. MSN included her among the 20 "hottest women in video game history" in 2012, adding that "she became hotter and hotter as graphics technology improved," while Interia.pl included Nina among the "sexiest game female characters" of that year.PLAY ranked her as second top "hottest" blonde in games in 2010, adding that she "was sexy even back when her hair was made out of about eight polygons," while Gadżetomania.pl ranked her as number one top "sexiest and fierce" blonde in games. In addition, she was included in GameDaily's top list of hottest blondes in video games, for having both "a killer body" and a killer instinct. Lisa Foiles of The Escapist put her among the top five "hottest blonde chicks" in 2011, stating her preference of Nina over many other fighting game blondes (such as Cammy, Jill Valentine, Sarah Bryant, Sophitia and Tina