Cheer Readers
Cheer Readers is a game in Rhythm Heaven Fever. Its about a group of school girls who gather and perform cheers in public learning environments such as libraries to encourage people to study. It has a sequel called Cheer Readers 2.
Gameplay
The player controls the twelfth girl (bottom row, the farthest right). Throughout the song, there are many vocal cues in the form of "cheers" that indicate different patterns. To get a hit, the player must flip/spin their book at the right time. The cheers include:
- "One! Two! Three!": Starting from the top, each row of girls flips their book on a word. The player needs to flip on the "Three!".
- "It's up to you!": Starting from the left, each column of girls flips their book on a word. The player need to flip on the "you!".
- "Let's go read a buncha books!": Starting from the top left corner, the girls quickly flip their books as a "wave" in a diagonal pattern. The player needs to flip on the "books!".
- "Rah-rah sis boom bah-BOOM!": Starting from the top left corner, the girls will do the motion in "Let's go read a buncha books!", but at a slower pace. The player needs to flip on the "BOOM!"
- "OK, it's on!": This cue acts in a different way. Instead of flipping, the girls will instead spin their books and then open them to form a design (see the "Trivia" section for all the designs that appear). The player must start spinning on the "it's" and stop on the "on!".
Throughout the song, the player will have to perform a variety of these cheers. Each one always stays at the same speed, but the distance between cheers can vary.
Controls
- A = Flip book
- Hold A + B = Spin book
Hit or Miss
- Hit: The Cheer Readers' routine will continue
- Barely: None for this rhythm game. A barely counts as a hit.
- Miss: The other Cheer Readers will look at the player's Cheer Reader with irritated and worried looks. The player's Cheer Reader will also blush from embarrassment.
Trivia
- Cheer Readers is a pun for "Cheer leaders".
- Many cameos from the previous Rhythm Heaven titles appear inside the open books. The Characters are: A skinny robot from Fillbots, a Onion from Rhythm Epilation, the Djs from DJ School,the Stepswitchers from Lockstep, the Captain from Space Dance, the guy from Night Walk, a Frog from Frog Hop, all three veggies from Crop Stomp, a Paddler from Rhythm Rally, the Moais from Moai Doo-Wop, and two versions of the girl from Tap Dance.
- Many of the phrases the main character shouts out were changed in the english version of the game due to poor translation.
- Some people confused the Frogette from Rhythm Heaven's Frog Hop for Yoshi from Super Mario franchise. This is mainly because you can't see his mouth.
- In the end screens, the boy from Double Date talks to the Cheer Readers