On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored both the Super Famicom version and the Mega Drive version of the game a 26 out of 40, giving both the Game Gear and the Game Boy version a 19 out of 40, and the 32X version a 29 out of 40. The two sports reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game scores of 7 out of 10 and 8 out of 10 for both the SNES and Genesis versions.
When Famicom Tsūshin was released, it evaluated both the Super Famicom and Mega Drive versions of the game with scores of 26 out of 40, while scoring the Game Gear and Game Boy versions 19 out of 40, and the 32X version 29 out of 40. Two sports reviewers from Electronic Gaming Monthly gave both SNES and Genesis versions scores of 7 out of 10 and 8 out of 10.