Well, at least the song list is promising.

Game publisher Namco Bandai has announced the songs it plans to put on “We Cheer 2,” the pompom-filled follow-up to last fall’s “We Cheer” dance franchise for Nintendo’s Wii. In this case, the term “follow-up” really fits: “Cheer 2″ is expected to mimic its predecessor, which attempted to re-create the thrills and teamwork of championship cheerleading.

One hopes though that the mimicry doesn’t go too far. The first “Cheer” received a mostly lukewarm response from gaming pundits and was even castigated by one of them for having unresponsive controls. (Game Guy didn’t get a chance to try it out for himself.) The dancing and performing apparently only go so far when the controller buttons don’t function properly.

Ah, but music is the other half of this equation, and in “Cheer 2″ here’s what gamers have to work with:

“Get Ready For This” – 2 Unlimited
“Mickey” – Toni Basil
“Pump It (Clean Version)” – Black Eyed Peas
“Run It Back Again” – Corbin Bleu
“Song 2” – Blur
“Tubthumping” – Chumbawumba
“GNO (Girls Night Out)” – Miley Cyrus
“Real Wild Child” – Everlife
“Beat It (Featuring John Mayer)” – Fall Out Boy
“Glamorous (Clean Version)” – Fergie
“Imani Coppola” – Get Down With This
“Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” – Selena Gomez
“Homecoming” – Hey Monday
“Let’s Dance” – Vanessa Hudgens
“Just Dance” – Lady GaGa
“Girlfriend” – Avril Lavigne
“La La Land” – Demi Lovato
“Leavin’ (Radio Edit Remix)” – Jesse McCartney
“Closer” – Ne-Yo
“Whoa” – Paramore
“Higher Ground” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Pon de Replay” – Rihanna
“Walk This Way” – Run DMC
“Push It” – Salt N Pepa
“All Star” – Smash Mouth
“The Power” – Snap!
“So Bring It On” – The Cheetah Girls
“Doing It Right” – The Go! Team
“Popular” – The Veronicas
“Headstrong” – Ashley Tisdale

“Cheer 2″ debuts this fall. If responsiveness isn’t an issue, this sounds like it could be a fun title.