You're right, the reviewer recommends the Wii Classic Controller, but an arcade stick would be even better! How about these:
Amazon - Wii Fighting Stick by Hori ($44)
Amazon - The Shaft Wii Arcade Joystick by Overline Gaming ($30)
EDIT: By the way, I've been looking at screen shots from the different versions and as far as I can tell, the graphics in all of them have been filtered to reduce pixelation. If that's really the case, that's disappointing. I like the old pixelated 2D graphics. Is there an option to disable the filtering?