IGN
- Review by Craig Harris, scoring 9/10: "the game offers an amazing series on single and multiplayer challenges". Includes screenshots, videos, and cheats.
- http://ds.ign.com/articles/643/643656p1.html

Planet GameCube
- Review by Lasse Pallesen, [9/10]. "If real warfare was this much fun, we would all be doomed."
- http://www.planetgamecube.com/reviews.cfm?action=profile&id=658

Nintendo Insanity
- Preview, by Marcel: "...Advance Wars DS is turning out to be a game in which enthusiasts of the series and casual gamers alike are sure to pick up..."
- http://www.n-insanity.com/modules.php?module=previews&id=68

GameSpot
- Preview, by Justin Calvert: "Advance Wars DS will boast all-new missions and a number of new CO characters, and the new battle system will see players using the bottom touch screen to issue orders to their ground forces while commanding their air for
- http://www.gamespot.com/ds/strategy/advancewarsds/preview_6109910.html

1UP
- Preview, by David Smith: "modes include a story-driven campaign, a nonstop survival mode with more missions to clear, a trial mode for learning basic strategy, and a mysterious 'combat' mode that apparently uses the touch-screen interface in some fas
- http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3135268&did=1