AusGamers has reviewed Battletoads and praises the game for its challenging difficulty and it’s unabashed references to the 90s, stating:
“Battletoads of the modern lean, as in, the one Im reviewing today, makes fun of itself and that era with reverence-perfect timing. It also makes fun of videogames and of relevance. In, like, does the IP even deserve another crack at it? And what makes a game fun? And it challenges these questions in unique ways. The story, of course, is meaningless. Theyre talking toads trapped in time (ref), fighting some sort of evil. Only now, theyre not. But they are. Largely what the game centres on is recapturing what it felt like in those days long gone. Theres even a gameplay section where you perform mundane tasks between all three of them as they face reality. Its amazing, and handled with comedic aplomb. While not even remotely important, the writing here is utterly superb. And that is not oxymoronic, its contextual.”
Source: N4G PC Toad in the Hole – Battletoads Review | AusGamers