"Daniel Maniago of G4tv.com listed her among the characters that are "noticeably absent", Nick Dinicola of PopMatters listed her as first among the missing "fan favorite fighters", and Kotaku's Evan Narcisse described the replacement of Taki, Talim and Kilik as the developer's "most baffling decision".Following the game's release, the staff of IGN named Taki "the most obvious choice for the first DLC character" because her omission was "ridiculous".