The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom

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The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom
The Cheetah Girls - Passport to Stardom Coverart.png
Cover art of North American version
Developer(s) Handheld Games
Publisher(s) Disney Interactive Studios
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Release
  • NA: August 19, 2008
  • PAL: December 8, 2008
Genre(s) Rhythm
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom is a video game based on the movie The Cheetah Girls: One World . It was released for the Nintendo DS on August 19, 2008 in North America and on December 8 in PAL regions. It is the sequel to the 2007 video game The Cheetah Girls: Pop Star Sensations .

Contents

Plot

The game takes place after the events of The Cheetah Girls: One World . The Cheetah Girls explore and perform their way through India before participating in various international competitions in Spain and New York City. [1] [2]

Gameplay

In the game, the player plays various mini-games as Aqua, Chanel and Dorinda in order to progress. These mini-games include a rhythm game (where the player must correctly time the notes in a song by either by pressing "B", tapping the screen, or singing into the DS's microphone), a memory game (where the player must memorize the stitching on a piece of clothing and replicate the positioning), and a tile-matching game. The player can also customize the girls' clothing using in-game currency. [3] [4] [5]

The game featured DGamer integration, which allowed for cooperative play and sharing of custom outfits with friends. [2] [6]

Songs

There are a total of 12 songs in the game. All are from the 3 Cheetah Girls movies, four of which are from The Cheetah Girls: One World. 10 of these songs are sung by cover artists and 2 are sung by The Cheetah Girls. The songs can be heard even if the DS is closed.

TitlePerformerNotes
Cheetah Sisters Cover artist
The Party's Just Begun Cover artist
Dance Me If You Can Cover artistOriginal featured in The Cheetah Girls: One World (sung by The Cheetah Girls)
Cinderella Cover artist
Cherish the MomentCover artist
Strut Cover artist
No Place Like UsCover artistOriginal featured in The Cheetah Girls: One World (sung by The Cheetah Girls)
Step Up Cover artist
Together We CanCover artist
One World Cover artistOriginal featured in The Cheetah Girls: One World (sung by The Cheetah Girls)
Cheetah Love The Cheetah GirlsFeatured in The Cheetah Girls: One World
Dig a Little DeeperThe Cheetah GirlsFeatured in The Cheetah Girls: One World

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