This game looks great on IGN. They gave it a 9.5 which ties Mario Kart for being the highest ranked game on the site.
If I get my DS Lite in June this will be the first game I buy.
New Super Mario Bros. marks the first time in 15 years that Nintendo's created a classically-designed Super Mario game - Super Mario World ended the plumber's starring role in the 2D platformer series. Yoshi may have picked up the gauntlet in a labeled sequel a couple years later, but outside of a few nods here and there in spinoffs like Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, Mario hasn't starred in this Plumber Saves the Princess role in a side-scrolling platformer since the Super NES launch title.
If I get my DS Lite in June this will be the first game I buy.