"Rich Knight of "Complex" listed Taki as one of top ten "hottest game girls" in 2009, later matching her against Kitana from "Mortal Kombat" in the "battle of the beauties" in the category "female ninjas".In 2000, UGO listed Taki among the 50 "hottest girls" in video games and noted her as "quick, efficient, and super-deadly."