History VideoGame / OsuTatakaeOuendan

[[caption-width-right:349:'''Male Cheerleaders:''' "Osu!" "Ikuze!" "San, Ni, Ichi, Sure!"\\
'''Female Cheerleaders:''' "Go!" ''"Ikuwayo!" "Three, Two, One, Go!"]]

** In general, the Cheer Girls use this, saying "Go!" in English instead of "Osu!" and saying "Ikuwayo! Three, Two, One, G!" instead of "Ikuze!! San, Ni, Ichi, Sure!", with the countdown call in English, at the start of every song.

[[caption-width-right:349:'''Male Cheerleaders:''' "OSU!" "IKUZEI!" "SAN-NI-ICHI-SURE!!"\\
'''Female Cheerleaders:''' "GO!" ''"IKUWAYO!!" "THREE, TWO, ONE, GO!!"]]

'''Male Cheerleaders:''' "OSU!"\\
'''Female Cheerleaders:''' "GO!"

** In general, the Cheer Girls use this, saying "GO!!" in English instead of "OSU!!" and saying "IKUWAYO!! THREE, TWO, ONE, GO!" instead of "IKUZE!! SAN-NI-ICHI-SURE!!", with the countdown call in English, at the start of every song.

** Also, after completing the stage, the "OUEN! DAI-SEI-KOU!" cry is much, much quieter -- and the cheer squad has tears on their eyes.

->'''Cheerleaders:''' "OUEN! DAI-SE-KOU!"

[[caption-width-right:349:'''Male Cheerleaders:''' ''"OSU!"'' "IKUZEI!"'' ''"SAN-NI-ICHI-SURE!!"\\
'''Female Cheerleaders:''' ''"GO!"'' ''"IKUWAYO!!"'' ''"THREE, TWO, ONE, GO!!""]]

[[caption-width-right:349:'''Male Cheerleaders:''' "IKUZEI! SAN-NI-ICHI-SURE!!"\\
'''Female Cheerleaders:''' "IKUWAYO!! THREE, TWO, ONE, GO!!"]]

The original game was a [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff hit]] with UsefulNotes/{{import gam|ing}}ers. It was such a hit, in fact, that it was followed by an Americanized counterpart, ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents''. In May of 2007, it also got a full-fledged sequel with the unwieldy title of ''Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2'' ("Get Fired Up! HotBlooded Rhythm Spirit: Hey! Fight! Cheer Squad!"), which featured new music, new scenarios, and a team of friendly rival cheerleaders from the upscale side of town. In addition, there is also a free PC clone called [[http://osu.ppy.sh/ osu!]], featuring user-created stages.

* TestosteronePoisoning: For a game series [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications rated A in Japan]], definitely. The art style alone was influenced by ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool''. The theme of the games is ''passionate love''.

* AutoRevive: In the sequel, if your spirit meter runs out during any mission before the last two on easy/Kigaru ni Oen difficulty, the screen [[FadeToWhite fades to white as usual]], but the president of your Ouendan squad will appear on the touchscreen, telling you to get enthusiastic before bringing your spirit meter back up to just over half full and letting you continue immediately right where you failed, with a brief amount of MercyInvincibility. Fail again on the same mission, though, and it's GameOver. Video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGtDCFZtcF4 here]].

[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Then there's the stage where they get pulled through time and space to cheer on Cleopatra's royal construction crew so she can lose weight via pyramid power...]] And for the GrandFinale, they cheer on the whole world to create a CombinedEnergyAttack big enough to save the planet from impact with a giant asteroid.

** In general, the Cheer Girls use this, saying "GO!!!" instead of "Osu!" and saying "3, 2, 1, GO!" in English at the start of every song.