Mario isn't remotely casual. It's about as hardcore as it gets. Wii Sports Resort is a casual title which I happen to believe was exceptionally good. Casual shouldn't be seen as an insult but it also shouldn't be used as an indescriminate label for anything that Nintendo happens to be marketing for mass market appeal.
NSMB Wii has almost certainly been marketed at the typically casual audience, that doesn't make it a casual game. The reason why journalists are calling it casual is because they themselves have been taken in by Nintendo's marketing spin. This means one of two things
1. Nintendo's marketing guys are exceptionally good at their job
2. These journalists are a bit dim / easily suggstible.
That's my take on the issue.
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