THQ has just released the US box art for the Wii version of All Star Cheer Squad together with a factsheet. Here's what you need to know.

Overview
All Star Cheer Squad allows players to participate in the competitive sport of Cheer, combining traditional cheerleading, dance, gymnastics and squad based teamwork. Players create their own avatar, learn cheer and dance moves, compete against individual team members and ultimately compete against other squads. The player's goal is to become captain of his or her squad and eventually lead the squad to win all of the competitions in the single player campaign.

• Use the Wii Remote, Nunchuck and Wii Balance Board to perform dozens of real-world cheer/dance moves.
• Latest cheer action and top routines designed by Tony G, world renowned cheer choreographer best known for his work on the "Bring it On" movies.
• Learn new moves and choreograph your own cheer routines to music.
• High-energy Gameplay: Take part in squad competitions and one-on-one cheer-offs.
• Customizable cheer squads: Choose the look of your team including facial features, hair and outfits.
• Follow a year in the life of a cheerleader: Start with try-outs and grow your all-star squad to be the best as you lead them to the championship as Cheer Captain.

All Star Cheer Squad will be available in the US Fall 2008.

Rumours of THQ's All-Star Cheer Squad having Wii Balance Board support have been doing the rounds for some time but up until now, information has been pretty scarce. IGN's Mark Bozon managed to get some time with the game's developer, Gorilla Games, and has posted a hands-on preview at IGN.

Many gamers will already have written this title off as another piece of casual gamer shovelware but as Mark points out, even at this early stage of development, "the gameplay is fun and responsive, even pulling off the DDR-like experience on Wii better than Konami has" so don't write it off just yet.

All-Star Cheer Squad is said to be scheduled for US release in October 2008.