His character has also received mixed reviews from video game publications. Kurt Kalata from Armchairempire.com praised Yamazaki's introduction in "Fatal Fury 3" as one of the best ones from the game. He also liked his character and considered him as a good replacement for the ones who were removed from that game. William Usher from Cinemablend.com found Yamazaki to be his favorite character out of "The King of Fighters" series. He also liked Yamazaki's development in "The King of Fighters", additionally noting him to be one of the most popular new characters in "Fatal Fury 3". Gamezone reviewer Eduardo Zacarias noted Yamazaki to be one of the "powerhouses" from the "Fatal Fury" series due to how difficult it is to defeat him in a similar way to the other boss, Geese Howard. In contrast to this Jeremy Dunham from IGN noted that Yamazaki's ratio of three over four (a rank given to characters at the time of playing with various of them) in "" was "absurd" as other characters who have good movesets in the game like Benimaru Nikaido or Blanka from "Street Fighter II" had only one ratio.