According to UGO, "not only was the Dark Queen revolutionary, she was also dead sexy - possibly the hottest babe of the 8-bit era". UGO editors commented that the "Battletoads" series is "notorious for its insanely high difficulty, juvenile sense of humor and big-boobed antagonist" and adding that "the anger we felt at losing was only compounded by how hot and unattainable the Dark Queen was." Both Seanbaby and Geek World declared her the sexiest NES game character. GamesRadar's Jim Sterling featured her in a 2011 retrospective article featuring the sexy video game women of the sprite era.