 A reviewer for "Next Generation", while deriding the game for using the same platforming basics as the by-then ten-year-old "Super Mario Bros.", acknowledged that the mechanics for casting spells was an original touch, and praised the overall strong challenge.He gave it three out of five stars, concluding, ""Flink" comes perilously close to being so average it makes your brain begin to bleed, but the game still comes up with enough inventive touches, details, and sharp, colorful graphics so that, in the final outcome, the positives outweigh the negatives.