Yakōchū — stories left

Some critics in Famicom Tsūshin found the game's narrative too short, while the Hamamura Tsūshin listed the game as the "Best Picks of This Week" for June 12 to June 18, 1995.

In 1995, the Japanese video game magazine Famicom Tsūshin said that a new form of Japanese adventure games was on the rise with the advent of the sound novel genre, noting upcoming releases such as Yakōchū and Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi (1995).

Nakamura said the release date for Yakōchū was lucky as it was after Banshee's Last Cry was released in November 1994 which was a hit game and quickly ran out of stock, which he said contributed to the sales of Yakōchū which had already stopped production on new copies and had to make more when requests came in.

In the same magazine, critic Hamamura Tsūshin listed the game as the "Best Picks of This Week" for June 12 to June 18, 1995, saying it would potentially be what audiences who have completed Otogirisō have been looking for.

Their overview said that there was no doubt that it was a good game, but said that if played consistently, some players may find it lacking due to its short run time.

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the four reviewers gave 8, 6, 6, and 5, for a total of 25 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 21.5 out of 30.

The rating in the "Cross Review" of the game magazine Famitsu is a total of 24 out of 40.

The first was a port of the original game to the Game Boy Color as Yakōchū GB and the second was a sequel titled for the Nintendo 64.