Game Vortex writes: "This game puts forward its best foot in this category, with pleasing graphics and some cool sound effects. You are constantly jumping around while playing, somewhat as you would expect in a mini-game compilation, with a mix of bird's-eye exploration of towns and close-up battle scenes that could be drawn straight from one of the recently released 3D Pokemon games for Wii, or some Action/RPG titles we've seen. The design of Monster Lab reminded us more than a little of another Backbone game, Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom. Think light and funny touches, with ridiculous characters set against well-designed backdrops. You spend a fair amount of time building your monster in Monster Lab, but the "lab" sequences always break to a mini-game that helps avoid the player being buried under endless menus or number-crunching. We can remember playing games like this in the past where you'd initiate the building process and then sit there waiting until your new creation turned up. Monster Lab forces you to be much more involved, which is a good thing."
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."
