If you’re a parent or guardian who denied her little girl the opportunity to create a bimbo and play Miss Bimbo http://www.gamertell.com/gaming/comment/miss-bimbo-adds-a-controversial-twist-on-internet-games/ because of it’s questionable options, then perhaps Spirit Fever will be a better option. The closed beta for Spirit Fever, a browser based, virtual cheerleading game just started today (January 30, 2009). The game is expected to officially launch in April, 2009.

The game is somewhat similar to Miss Bimbo, except more PG. You basically help a cheerleader become the best cheerleader she can be. You train her, play mini-games, help her learn different skills and completely customize her. It will be a free-to-play game, but the official commercial version will have premium options and items that you can purchase for the character.

If you’re not part of the closed beta, you can still visit the Spirit Fever site and have some fun…

Ok, so there are games for cooking, having babies and losing weight – so its only natural that a cheer leading game should make its way to the Wii. Actually, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner – at least cheer leading does have a real rhythm/competition aspect that lends itself to more traditional gameplay than say, teaching children. But I digress – Namco-Bandai has just released the full track list for its upcoming cheer leading game We Cheer, set to drop on the Wii on September 30, 2008.

The set list is none too shabby, featuring bouncy tracks from famous artists like KC & The Sunshine Band, Moby and C+C Music Factory. Good stuff, really, even if you’d never want your friends to see you hopping and bopping to it. The gameplay sounds like a mix of traditional rhythm/action style hijinks and choreography, with multiplayer modes and fully customizable cheerleaders for maximum perky fun.

The full track list, via press release:

If you don’t have spirit, you better get some. THQ is going to team up with cheerleading choreographer Tony G to bring All Star Cheer Squad to the Wii and Nintendo DS in Q3 2008. Basically the point of the whole game is to, you guessed it, cheer. Perhaps a Bring it On marathon is in order to prepare.