Platform
- 121
- WorthPlaying
- Preview, by NekoIncardine: "The fact that New Super Mario Bros. Wii looks like it can successfully be both difficult enough for the hardcore fans and easy enough for good party play could be a major sweet spot in Nintendo's future."
- 122
- Gaming Target
- Preview, by Matt Swider: "New Super Mario Bros. Wii has the potential to merge casual and hardcore gamers in a single Mario platform-to-flag-pole bound." (June 11, 2009)
- 124
- GameSpy
- Review by Christian Nutt. Includes screen shots and movies. Score: 5 out of 5. (February 27, 2004)
- 129
- Eurogamer
- Preview, by Kristan Reed: "...Patapon does appear to do things somewhat differently, in that it also involves slaying monsters ten times the size of your little pocket army, although, admittedly, it wasn't especially clear how we were disposing of them. That wasn't important. The key bit was the audio visual meltdown that we were witnessing, as if we were somehow actively participating in the mental breakdown of joyfully unhinged creatives."