I know you hated those perplexed chemical equations in your science classes and doing labs, but if you haven’t tried your hands on experimenting with anything since, then you should at least take a look at the Nintendo DS Lite Monster Lab game. Eidos has come out with ‘Monster lab’, a title which is a true blend of RPG and fighting genre. In this game you play the role of a novice scientist who lives in a bizarre valley but who creates a monster that is then set out into the world to combat against other evil monsters who have taken over the land.

These evil monsters are an amalgamation of three major sciences- evil robotics, evil biology and evil alchemy. As you gain experience by eliminating other monsters and stealing their parts in Monster Lab (Nintendo DS), you’ll get to learn all of the three sciences. You may mix and match head, arms, legs, torso or any part of the body to make your own monster. You are transported to the combat mode the moment you touch your enemy or vice-versa on the underworld map.

If the monster gets hurt then you can go back to the lab at any point of time and fix your monster. Monster fights are done in a quite extraordinary manner. Add this game to your pre-existing wealth of games when it gets released later this year.

Tags for this review: action, game, monster

Known for developing the role playing series ‘Shin Megami Tensei’, Atlus is now going to unleash its new exciting game, Master of the Monster Lair, for the Nintendo DS Lite. This game will soon be released later this year. The goal of the game is to build your dungeon to attract monsters and then ultimately trap and hunt those monsters. In the game you play the role of a young man who lives in a kingdom rife in terror as the monsters rampage around the land filling their hungry stomachs with people.

You quickly encounter a talking Shovel in the game that takes you on a heroic path. Yes, a talking shovel will recruit you to build indoor dungeons to lure and trap the roving monsters that are creating nuisances in the town. To construct the dungeon there are 20 dissimilar rooms which include chapels, dojos, cellars, stables, fireplaces, trash dumps and plenty more. You can later explore the rooms while killing monsters for weapons and other important things. Each room attracts different kinds of monsters with different kinds of objects.

You can show your power packed performance and hot moves to the monsters and fight against them in a turn-based mode. Although based on monsters, the game will definitely have to struggle to create the same success of Monster Hunter: Freedom 2 for the PSP. The game’s distinctive dungeon-customization system and Wi-Fi functionality offer a truly unique monster fighting experience.

Tags for this review: dungeon, game, monster, WiFi