When We Cheer first showed up on the screen during the main presentation, it was met with many derisive snickers behind hands. I will admit that I was one of those snickerers although I used a fan and not my hand. I mean a cheerleading rhythm game? And the commercial they showed showing a bunch of teenage girls giggling and flailing their Wii remotes around didn't help matters any.

Once we were allowed to go check out the games hands on however, I swallowed my pride and stepped up to test my cheering skilz. The game can be played single or multi-player and is controlled with the Wii remote and nunchuk combo. Up to four players can play on a team or if you only have two players, one can control the left hand and the other controls the right. As far as gameplay is concerned it plays somewhat like Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents with the player using the Wii remote to trace out various shapes at different speeds. it was really quite a lot of fun after I got over my initial embarrassment. Everyone I spoke to afterwards really enjoyed it as well and we all agreed that this would be the best drunk/guilty pleasure game of 2008. it is obviously aimed at the ten girl market but I'm sure a fair share of units will be sold to "hardcore" gamers who will no doubt pull it out when no one is looking.

The graphics were pretty standard Wii fare with the little cheerleaders themselves looking a bit like Bratz dolls but not quite so slutty. The characters are all customizable and you can change their hair, outfits, pom pom colors, etc. My only real complaint about the game was the lack of male cheerleaders. There weren't any! This is a huge oversight in my opinion and one that they should seriously think about changing. Am I biased? Sure! I happen to know quite a few male cheerleaders who will no doubt be miffed to know that their gender was excluded from the game. I figured I might be the only one who cared about this, but it seems that I wasn't the only one who mentioned it.

So, We Cheer team if you are listening, you have a great game here, but the addition of a few well placed male characters would make the game seem a little more rounded and a little less targeted to one single audience.

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