 However, "Kotaku" wrote that her portrayal and casting in the "Ace Attorney" film did not fare as well, where she appeared "emotionally unstable" rather than retaining her childlike innocence from the video games.Reviewers regretted Maya's omission from the fourth and fifth "Ace Attorney" games, and both reviewers and fans praised her return and design in the sixth game as feeling like "catching up with an old pal" and a reminder of what fans appreciate about the series.Toshi Nakamura at Kotaku considered Maya a staple of the series since its start, and said that it was shocking that she did not appear in "Dual Destinies".