I finally got to try this game briefly. I thought the flying is very nice, using the lone wiimote.

Only played passed the tutorial a little bit and it seems good so far.

Does every level have time limit? Since that's why killed me right at the first mission. I was fooling around too much with the flying.

Hopefully, there will be some free mode with unlimited flying.

Nights into Dreams>Nights Journey of Dreams by a mile.
For Journey of dreams, use a GC controller. Wii controls are terrible.

What's wrong with the wii controls?

I thought that the Remote and Nunchuck controls were the best. The Wii Remote controls I used at first until I figured out that it's nearly impossible to use them on the first boss. Oh, and yes, the stages are all timed.

The Wii Remote controls aren't precise enough for me. Maybe I ditched them too quickly though.

No you didn't. The wiimote only controls are broken. Gc>wm/nc>wm.