THQ has spirit with 'All Star Cheer Squad' for Wii, DS
by Kyle Orland 
{ Mar 6th 2008 at 12:50PM }
Gimme a T! Gimme an H! Gimme a Q! What's that spell? The publisher of the world's first competitive cheerleading game! Gooooo THQ! Yaaaaaaay!Come on everybody, join in! All Star Cheer Squad is its name, Wii and DS will get the game! DS players scribble hard, Wii owners use the Balance Board! Squad face-offs and one-on-one, Remote and Nunchuk join the fun! Choreographed by Tony G. -- he did that Bring it On movie!
No release date in just yet, bet you'll wait with baited breath! Gooooo Cheer Squad! Whoooooo!
[Via GamingTarget, thanks John]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shabran @ Mar 6th 2008 12:56PM
This has to be the best post of this week.....Hands Down
Halorin @ Mar 6th 2008 12:57PM
Um... I'll be staying off of YouTube the week this game comes out.
May this game die a timely and uncerimonious death at the hands of THQ's marketing execs.
emmzee @ Mar 6th 2008 1:02PM
Fat ugly nerds jumping around shaking pom-poms FTL ... + spandex = EPIC FAIL.
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 2:47PM
Fat ugly nerds jumping around shaking pom-poms FTL ... + spandex = EPIC FAIL + Skirts = Visual AIDS.
Yet it could fail so bad that it could win.
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 6th 2008 12:58PM
... and that's why crappy third parties games doesnt sell well on the Wii.
Why don't they make quality games? WiiWare is looking better than most of third party crap.
-Just look Guitar Hero III... 1.6 million, full bundle. (PS2 and 360 version have the advantage of buy the game alone)... it's selling a lot more than the PS3 version and just 300,000 behind the 360 version.
-Look how good is Resident Evil is doing, both RE4 and Umbrella already sold more than a million.
-No More Heroes is already at half million.
They deserve it... until they make games that can compete with Nintendo games, they deserve lower sales than Nintendo games. That simple.
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 6th 2008 1:00PM
Same with Lego Star Wars Wii... is outselling every other version.
Marry me Mario @ Mar 6th 2008 1:01PM
Unfortunantly Fernandos the Wii is cheap to develop for, it has a large percentage of casual gamers so it is going to continue to receive alot of Krap.
This is not going to change, you will get the tried and true 1st party games...and alot of cheap 3rd party Krap.
Not many 3rd party developers are going to risk a big budget clunker on the Wii.
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 6th 2008 1:04PM
You are wrong in one thing... this is going to change... they are already developers focusing specifically in Wii games.
This Christmas and 2009 we should start seeing very good third party games...
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 6th 2008 1:07PM
Square is doing Wii games (White Engine, now Crystal Tools, are going to be adapted for the Wii), Capcom, Factor 5, Retro is making a new game, Valve is making Source engine Wii compatible, Atlus is doing games...
It's going to be a good year.
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 6th 2008 1:08PM
And don't be surprised if the Wii Rock Band version sells more than the PS3 version... it already happen with Guitar Hero III, and by a big margin.
i_hate_mtv @ Mar 6th 2008 1:22PM
Um, last I checked, NMH was at 100,000. Half a million would be about 500,000.
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 6th 2008 1:29PM
Yes, my bad... I was thinking in Zack and Wiki (not half million, but 300,000)
But NMH is not in 100,000, is in 200,000m without Europe release. (It will be released in a week)
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Mar 6th 2008 2:31PM
I hate to say this but...
You assume this game is going to be bad, why? "Oh, it's cheerleading." Look, these are the assets of the project as we know it.
-Both versions are specifically targetted towards consoles with unique inputs. This is a new game for both consoles that isn't shovelware from PS2 soo bad even SCEA rejected it.
-This is by the guy who choreographed Bring It On. Horrible movie it may be, but the guy knows moves and how to make excessively elaborate sequences in REAL LIFE... now imagine when that limitation is removed.
-Some of the most ridiculous rhythm game concepts stand as the pillars of the genre. Ouendon (Elite Beat Against), DDR, Parappa the Rappa, Guitaroo Man, Samba De Amigo, and Bust A Groove.
Frankly, I'm not ready to give it the "pure shit" label until more is known about it. I wish more people would do the same. The core concept actually has potential... but this is also from a guy who's prizes amongst his PS2 import collection is Dance Summit 2001 and Beatmania....
Jerk Face @ Mar 6th 2008 1:06PM
I just threw up a little bit.
Nigeria @ Mar 6th 2008 1:11PM
I know hippies and I dislike them. I know them. You could even say "I was them". But my dislike is not for them, just their attitude. Especially the marijuana smoking ones. I'm not Conservative, I'm just saying.
But I could see them liking this game. A bit like DDR, maybe. But this game is clearly not for us. You know.
NATO_Duke @ Mar 6th 2008 1:15PM
Oh...this sounds....uh...fun? No. Actually, it doesn't at all.
Kyattsuai @ Mar 6th 2008 1:19PM
OSU!
i_hate_mtv @ Mar 6th 2008 1:20PM
I think a lot of people are looking at this the wrong way.
Don't think of it as shovelware, think of it as a game that's not directed at the prima donna 'hardcore' gamers. Obviously, not many of us are gonna buy this game, but 9-12 year old girls who want to get into cheerleading might.
But this is just my guess.
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 6th 2008 1:23PM
It's kinda like the PS2... a lot of hundreds of casual titles and shovelware.
But at least it had more hardcore games from third party developers.
The Wii has a few hardcore third party titles, but it need more.
Small indie developers are creating amazing games, better than most of the retail crap. Why? Because is people who actually wants to make good games.
Jared @ Mar 6th 2008 1:21PM
Can't wait to get my hands on that game.
samfish @ Mar 6th 2008 1:30PM
What wasted potential! You have a chance to put up a sexy picture of a cheerleader and you blow it by putting up a picture of a cheerleader's outline!
This is the failure of the week! Shame on you, Kyle Orland!
jsn @ Mar 6th 2008 1:54PM
more quality Wii gaming experiences.
and Fernado. It's not going to change much..
Dio @ Mar 6th 2008 2:00PM
Actually, there was an Ouendan game on the NES, but it wasn't made by iNiS, even then there's Ouendan on DS so THQ's wouldn't be the first. Btw, Ouendan=cheering section=cheersquad=cheerleading.
Beatz @ Mar 6th 2008 2:06PM
The only cheerleading game to ever touch my DS is and will forever be, Elite Beat Agents.
Keiichi @ Mar 7th 2008 9:46PM
Get Ouendan on the Wii and I'll be bothered. Not until. Capisce?
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 11th 2008 3:21PM
O-O-OOUUEENDAAAAAAAN!