Reception
GameDaily noted "It's impossible to dislike Ling Xiaoyu", describing her as both an attractive and a strong character. In a later article they named her one of their favorite female Asian video game characters, calling her "a joy to behold". Dave Cook from Now Gamer listed a fight between Sakura Kasugano and Ling Xiaoyu as one of the fights he wished to see in Street Fighter X Tekken as while the two shared unsuitable outfits, the two are entertaining in terms of gameplay. Neidel Crison from 1UP.com listed Xiaoyu as one of the characters he's hoping to see in Street Fighter X Tekken stating "She would be able to use her Art of Phoenix to avoid projectiles and, just like in Tekken, have numerous attack follow ups from the stance." Model Tara Babcock of ImpulseGamer listed Xiaoyu as the 19th hottest video game character, stating that her flexible moves and kind mannerism got her attention and that she's her favorite Tekken character. IGN praised Xiaoyu, saying "everyone loves a schoolgirl that can kick some booty" and that she's a fun character to use, calling her one of the better characters in the game. MSN Technology ranked Xiaoyu as the 20th hottest video game character, commenting "Xiaoyu made the cheongsam fashionable again, and reminded the world that girls in tight clothing can still pull off some amazing fighting moves". Anthony Taormina from Game Rant called Xiaoyu "not just a representative of the strong female fighters in Tekken, but in video games in general".
Her guest appearance with Cassandra Alexandra, Heihachi Mishima, and Raphael Sorel in Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 was ranked #42 in GamesRadar's 55 awesome character cameos. Screenwriter Dai Satō stated that he chose Xiaoyu as one of the two lead characters in Tekken: Blood Vengeance because in his opinion she symbolizes the older Tekken games. Tyler Nagata from GamesRadar called both Heihachi and Xiaoyu their favorite characters in Tekken 5 and 6 who they can't wait to use in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Fellow GamesRadar journelist Shane Patterson also praised Xiaoyu in Tekken 6 calling her "a hell of a playable character", but also stated "her CG ending movie won’t make a lick of sense no matter how cute it will be." Her ending was ranked #6 in their "8 games that were all a dream" article, with Luke McKinney commeting that it "makes Paul's hairstyle look professional." She was also listed in their potential roster in a crossover game between Namco and Dark Horse Comics in their "Comic/fighting-game mashups that need to happen" article. FHM listed Xiaoyu and Chun-Li as one of the "10 Awesome Fantasy Fights in Street Fighter X Tekken", questioning if Xiaoyu could ever top Chun-Li.
Ling Xiaoyu was one of five characters nominated in G4's 2005 "Video Game Vixens" awards show under the category of "Baddest Good Girl", but lost to Final Fantasy X's Rikku. In 2006, the Polish edition of GameStar had her voted at 8th place in the poll for the title of "Miss of the Video Game World". In the official poll by Namco Bandai Games, Xiaoyu is currently ranked as the 7th most requested Tekken side character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter, ranking up 11.21% of the votes, and also becoming the 5th most requested female character.
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