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In the feature "The 4th Gamest Awards" (for 1990) in the game magazine Gamest, the arcade version took No. 4 in the grand prize category, No. 2 for the Best Action Award, No. 8 for the Best Presentation Award and No. 2 for the Best Graphics Award, and in the Gamest Mook The Best Game (1991) it took No. 49.
In the feature "The 4th Gamest Awards" (for 1990) in the game magazine Gamest, it took No. 4 in the grand prize category, No. 2 for the Best Action Award, No. 8 for the Best Presentation Award, No. 2 for the Best Graphics Award, No. 8 for player popularity and No. 9 among the hit games of the year, and in the Best Character Award Sara took No. 20.
It also took No. 30 among the hit games of the year in the following 5th Gamest Awards (for 1990).
In the Gamest Mook The Best Game, based on a popularity poll of Gamest readers covering every arcade game that had been in operation up to 1991, it took No. 49.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the four reviewers gave 5, 7, 7, and 6, for a total of 25 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 20.50 out of 30, as shown below.
This score placed it 162nd among all Super Famicom titles (323 titles in total, as of 1993).
According to Famitsu, Magic Sword sold 4,531 copies in its first week on the market and 6,637 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Magic Sword on their September 1, 1990 issue as being the second most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.
The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game tenth in popularity in its October 1990 issue.
The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game fourth in popularity in its August 1992 issue, and it received a 20.50/30 score in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by Super Famicom Magazine, ranking among Super Famicom titles at the number 162 spot.
A single player-only port was released for the Super NES in 1992 and for mobile phones in 2008.
According to Famitsu, Magic Sword sold 4,531 copies in its first week on the market and 6,637 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
Computer and Video Games Julian Rignall called it a well executed game and said that it will appeal to fans of slash 'em ups.
Micom BASIC Magazine also gave it several awards at the 1990 "Video Game Grand Prize", placing 6th in "Overall Grand Prize", 9th in "Game Center Department", and 6th in "Player/Reader".
Outside Japan it has been distributed as a coupled port in Final Fight: Double Impact.
A version for the Capcom Power System Changer was planned and previewed but never released.
A version for the Capcom Power System Changer was planned and previewed but never released.
Super Plays Jonathan Davies criticized the game's awful animations, negligible sound effects, and slowdown at the slightest provocation.
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