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The title was met with mixed to positive reviews from critics, many of which criticized its awkward controls for being passable but praised its humorous artstyle as well as the characters and their reactions.
AllGames Kyle Knight praised the cartoon-style presentation, simple gameplay and multiplayer but criticized the audio and lack of replay value.
HobbyConsolas Manuel del Campo gave positive remarks to the multiplayer, character animations, appropriate music, sound and playability but criticized one gameplay aspect.
Joystick also regarded it as one of the best bowling simulators in the genre but was criticized for being repetitive and limited.
It was distributed on the Wii Virtual Console from 2011-7-12, and as the 1st title in ACA NEOGEO on 2018-7-19 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, on 2019-5-24 for Windows 10, and on 2023-5-18 for iOS and Android.
In the Neo Geo Game Twin Review carried out by Neo Geo Freak in the same magazine in 1997, it received 4 and 2, for 6 points.
It is the only bowling game released on the Neo Geo.
In Japan, Game Machine listed League Bowling on their February 1, 1991 issue as being the eighth most-popular arcade game at the time.
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