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."
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.
Monster Lab falls somewhere between an RPG and a beat em' up, where you piece together your own monsters under the supervision of your mentor, Professor Fuseless. He sends you on missions to help people and along the way you'll bump into rogue monsters to fight one on one.
It will take you a while to buy into this idea. At first Monster Lab looks like a dodgy beat 'em up for kids, but once Prof. Fuseless has shown you all the monster-building equipment in his workshop and you've had a few rounds in the ring, the explore/fight set-up actually works rather well. It's also quite a complicated game at first (which may have dented its appeal), what with all the different body parts to grow and the ingredients you'll have to combine to make your monster as strong as possible.
