While many games feature a classical mad scientist as the villain, Monster Lab provides a new perspective on the practice of mad science by putting you in the reviled role. Taking a page from Commodore 64 classic Mail Order Monsters (a game in which you get to slap together monster parts and send your creations out to do battle with other monsters, arena-style), Monster Lab subs in clever mini-games as part of the process of constructing your monsters. Besides battling other monsters, you'll also need to send your creations out into the world to collect bits and bobs for use in your fiend foundry.
Nintendo Life writes: "Despite a few minor shortcomings Monster Lab is a great 3rd party effort for the Wii which has solid controls that make great use of the Remote and will appeal to a broad age range. Kudos to Eidos and Backbone Entertainment for this excellent offering on the Wii, which will hopefully inspire other developers to turn out quality titles".
Baron Mharti is large and in charge! With a nasty habit of being extra cruel, the Baron has taken over and it's up to you to beat the evil Baron Mharti and his band of wacky creatures. With the help of a few zany experiments, over 150 monster parts, and some crazy mini-games, create your very own army of twisted monsters and battle it out with the Baron.
WorthPlaying writes: "There are certain games that become the gold standard against which all other games are compared. With all of the Wii titles, the golden standard, surprisingly, has always been Wii Sports. For a free game included with the console, it served as the best example of how the controllers should function within a game. With Monster Lab, however, I think I've found a new benchmark."
