Celebrate love and friendship with Hello Kitty’s Valentine’s Day Surprise, the new event brought to you by Hello Kitty Online! This special event runs February 11-16, 2010, and brings exciting additions to the game!

Special Valentine’s quests

The Love Bug has come to town for a visit, and he’s doing what he does best: spreading warm, fuzzy feelings to celebrate the month of love and friendship. He’s preparing a bunch of gifts, but he needs a little help from you to finish. Visit the Love Bug in Florapolis and see how you can lend him a hand!

A familiar guest is in town for the festivities: Cupid! The messenger of love is looking for groups of people willing to help him. In order to help Cupid you will need to work together with other players in our brand new Grouping system! So form a group and go talk to Cupid in Sanrio Harbour!

The quests from Cupid and the Love Bug will only be available until the end of February 15, 2010, so be sure to finish all your quests by then!

New feature: Group system

From February 11, 2010 onwards you and your friends will be able to group together and take on special challenges that are only available through the new Group system. Being in a group will allow you to access Cupid’s special quest chain. It will also make your adventures more exciting! Note: you must be in a group to start Cupid’s quests!

More details on the Group system coming soon, so stay tuned!

Return of the Dream Room tutorials

The Valentine’s update sees the return of the Dream Room, the special tutorial stage for new players. New players will find themselves in a four-room zone where friendly Sanrio characters will show them the basics of HKO.

Limited-edition items

This event introduces many cute new items for your character. Simply collect Happy Hearts and exchange them for the cool new items at any Party Master NPC located in all major cities. You get Happy Hearts by completing Valentine’s day event quests, or by playing the Emote Game (play by talking to the Party Master NPC in any major city). If you have leftover Birthday Tokens and Candy Cane Shards from previous HKO events, you can turn them into Happy Hearts simply by right-clicking on them!

The main Valentine’s event – February 15, 2010
Gather around Sanrio Harbour on February 15, 2010 and wait for the Game Master’s signal to participate in another massive cooperation game, where special treats are in store for all players! Don’t miss the big party!

Love is in the air this February, so come celebrate Valentine’s Day with Hello Kitty and fans! We hope you enjoy Hello Kitty’s Valentine’s Day Surprise!

Toshiba and Sanrio partnered up to release the 19-inch Hello Kitty LCD TV (shown below) this February. 

It’s worth 59,800 yen (or around US $700). It’s available only in Japan.

Do you know someone who likes Hello Kitty? You can now create and send beautiful Hello Kitty Online gift boxes on Facebook! We’re here to tell you about a cool new functionality we added to Hello Kitty Online: The Introduction.

To start, simply go to HKO: The Introduction (http://apps.facebook.com/hkointro). See the big present icon? Click on that to customize your own beautiful gift box, add your personal message, then send it to a friend! 

If your friends click on the gift box they will be taken to HKO: The Introduction, where they can play a tutorial for Hello Kitty Online. Remember that HKO: The Introduction is a tutorial that shows you the basics of how to play! This is not the full game, but only an introduction! For the full version of Hello Kitty Online please visit www.hellokittyonline.com.

http://apps.facebook.com/hkointro

Year Created: 1989

Winki Pinki is a cute little kitten who loves playing violin, dress-ups, tea parties, drawing, and collecting trinkets. She is very cheerful.

She was born right when the tulips were starting to bloom, and this is the reason why she loves flowers and nature. Her best friends are the flowers in the garden, the fish in the nearby pond, and a terrier, who she loves walking with in the garden.

This blog feature is long overdue, because this blogger has been with us for a long time now and she just keeps on going!

Meet Calypso Cafe, of the famous “The Daily Cafe” blog!

The blog has evolved in the months since it started, and it features a variety of interesting content going on: HKO posts, artwork (which proves that we’ve got talented people on HKO!:D), and bits and pieces about her life and interests. It’s fun, it’s colorful, and it’s distinctly Calypso Cafe.

Be sure to check it out by visiting http://blog.sanriotown.com/pinknocorisu9789:hellokitty.com.