"Battletoads" started at number 26 on "Nintendo Power"s July 1991 Top 30 list of NES games for Players' Picks only with 464 points, rising to number 13 the following issue with 858 points. In September 1991, it premiered on the actual Top 30 list at number 11 with 3,219 points, landing in the top ten of both respective lists for Players' Pick (number seven) and Pros' Picks (number six). In the October 1991 issue, the game skyrocketed to the number-three spot on the overall list with 6,008 points, remaining in that position in the November issue with 6,397 points. By January 1992, the issue "Nintendo Power" turned the Top 30 list into a Top 20 list (as they added Top 20 rankings for games of other consoles), "Battletoads" budged to number two with 6,140 points that month, staying in that ranking for three more consecutive issues but remaining out of the top spot due to having significantly less points than the long-lasting "Super Mario Bros. 3" (1990). Afterwards, the game remain in the top ten for 17 more consecutive months, including another stay at number two in July 1992 and eleven times in the top five. The game still charted when the Top 20 NES list ended in November 1994, and most of the game's final eleven months on the chart were in the bottom half, with only one of those months in February 1994 being in a top ten spot.