[10] In contrast to the German publications, Consoles Plus' Robert Barbe was more positive towards the title, commending its graphics, realistic animations, rhythmic music, simple but responsive controls, and longevity.

[1] Joystick's Jean-François Morisse and Joypad's Alain Huyghues-Lacour regarded it as one of the better football games on the Nintendo Entertainment System when compared to previous releases on the platform like Soccer, Goal!

[4] Superjuegos' Carlos Yuste criticized Hyper Soccer for its "monotonous" graphics, due to lack of audience on the field and score marker, as well as not respecting the original colors of each team, in addition to the repetitive music.

[7] Super Power's Frederic Bailly regarded it as the best football simulator for the NES, giving positive remarks to the game's clean visuals, realistic sprite animations, and responsive controls.

[11] Mean Machines' Rob Bright and Julian Rignall found the title to be disappointing, criticizing its mediocre animations and visuals, grating music, "useless" sound effects, poor playability and frustrating AI.

Whitfield commended its presentation and addition of a two-player mode, but found the basic gameplay unimpressive and criticized the graphics due to the sprite flickering and "jerky" movement, slow sound and playability.

[13][14][15] Writing for UOL Start, Rodrigo Lara of GameHall found the game's visuals to be very detailed for the NES and noted refinements such as the ball's size increasing when kicked into the air.