IGN writes: "The third and final release in Other Ocean's DSiWare Puffins trio may be the most ambitious one yet -- but it, like its predecessors, is not without its flaws. Puffins: Let's Race! brings you a 3D Mario Kart-esque racing experience starring wing-flapping birds in the place of cartoon characters driving cars, but the feel is the same -- you compete with a crowd of opponents, make laps around a course and grab power-ups to boost your speed, attack your foes or shield yourself from harm".
"After the terribly-slow pace in 'Let's Roll', it's nice to see a release in the Puffins series that's more exciting, at least in theory. Puffins: Let's Race is the final release that concludes Other Ocean's threesome series of re-releases for DSiWare. Is this any better than the other two games they've already released?" -- Wiiloveit.com
Nintendo Life writes: "Parsing the retail release Puffins: Island Adventure and putting the bits on DSiWare has proven to be a mixed bag so far. The first time around brought the underwhelming and frustratingly controlled Let's Roll!, and follow-up Let's Fish! turned out to be slightly better. So is the third time the charm?
In short, no."