A March 1994 issue of Electronic Games lists the Genesis version of the game as one of the best action games.
The gestures Bubsy does upon defeating the final boss in this game would become the gestures he does each time he completes a level in the second game.
In early sketches, Bubsy was going to wear a pair of green chucks. But these were removed for some reason.
A May 1994 issue of Electronic Games listed the SNES version of Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind as one of the best SNES games.