In the Japanese arcade magazine "Gamest", "Street Fighter Zero 2" was voted Best Game of 1996 in the Tenth Annual Grand Prize. "Zero 2" was also No. 1 in the category of "Best Fighting Game", No. 9 in "Best Graphics", No. 6 in "Best Direction", and No. 4 in "Best VGM (Video Game Music)". Dan Hibiki and Sakura Kasugano were depicted on the cover of this issue, who were placed No. 1 and No. 3 respectively on the Top 50 Characters of 1996, with Ryu at No. 13, Zangief at No. 18 (sharing the spot with Mature from "The King of Fighters '96"), Guy at No. 26, Chun-Li at No. 32, Akuma at No. 37 (sharing the spot with two other characters), Rolento at No. 45 (sharing the spot with the Elf from "") and Ken at No. 49 (sharing the spot with two other characters).