 Many fans and media outlets strongly criticized Taki's controversial replacement by her pupil Natsu in "Soulcalibur V".In 2011, "GamePro" have stated it as one of the reasons why they were "worried" about the game.Reviewing the game, Daniel Bischoff of Game Revolution wrote "It's a cop-out to say that Taki is too old to fit in "Soul Calibur V"'s timeline, and then flaunt Ivy and all of her overly abundant assets at the age of 50+.