Retrospective feedback on Satellaview has been positive. "Retro Gamer" magazine applauded the peripheral for its technological achievements, providing an early form of online gaming decades before the advent of services such as Xbox Live. "Retro Gamer" also commended its selection of games for their overall quality, citing the "BS Legend of Zelda" games as the definitive set of titles for the peripheral. "Nintendo World Report" liked the service for being "unique", one that will likely never be replicated on modern video game consoles, as well as its selection of games and services available for it. "Shack News" listed it among Nintendo's most innovative products for its technological accomplishments and for being one of the first attempts at bringing video games online. "Kill Screen" labeled Satellaview as "perhaps one of the most crucial early experiments in combining games with storytelling", specifically being impressed towards the console's Soundlink games and usage of voice acting. At the same time, they also expressed disappointment towards this, due to the entirety of the Soundlink content being lost due to it being performed within real time. "Video Games Chronicle" called it "an impressive and ingenious idea for the time, and an innovation that we see to a lesser degree now in terms of interactive television and episodic game installments from modern studios."