Good news to our Hello Kitty Online Philippines and European fans!

Hello Kitty Online has now been released on Open Beta for both countries! You may use your SanrioTown accounts to register or sign-up now for free!

For more information, you may visi HKO PH for the Philippine Launch and HKO EU for the European Launch.

See you all in HKO!

Hi everyone! Before the month ends, be sure to check out the “Enjoy Downloads” section of SanrioTown. There’s a bunch of  new stuff there, like wallpapers and calendars, for you to download for free and set up on your computer, print and decorate your stuff, or just about anything you want to do with it!



All you have to do is sign in to your SanrioTown account to access the Downloads section. If you don’t have one yet, click here to register and get your free account now.

The second Hello Kitty Online (HKO)-themed minigame is now available for you to play!

“Garden Mania” is a game that will test your speed and quick thinking. You’ll be playing the part of the farmer. In three steps, plant and then harvest crops that you’ve planted. Sounds simple? Not if there’s a risk of your plants wilting and the threat of moles out to steal your crops!

Check it out now! Log in to your SanrioTown account and head off to the Game Center to try your luck and wits in this game! Don’t have a SanrioTown account yet? Click here to register and receive your free account.

Just because the Minigames Contest is now over doesn’t mean the fun has to end!Facebook members can now play two of the Flash games that could be found in SanrioTown’s Game Center: the Rolling CoroCoroKuririn game and Sanrio Bubbles.

SanrioTown on Facebook is consistently updated, so if you want to get the latest news about the site, subscribe to it now!

Connect with SanrioTown by going to http://www.facebook.com/sanriotown.

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Seattle, Wash. (Sept. 3, 2009)—Hello Kitty® Online (HKO) will make its first public debut in North America at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle, Wash., Sept. 4 – 6. Hello Kitty Online  brings the world of Hello Kitty and Sanrio friends to life in the first free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) based on the global pop-culture icon. Members of the press and PAX attendees are invited to experience a demo of Hello Kitty Online at the Aeria Games booth (# 22).  Hello Kitty Online is currently in closed beta and will transition to open beta later in September.  Hello Kitty Online will be available for free download in North America at hko.aeriagames.com.

“Hello Kitty gaming fans have long been looking for the ideal level of online community and engagement, and Hello Kitty Online delivers that in a format that will thrive as the fan base continues to grow,” said Grant Wei, executive producer, Aeria Games. “We are proud to have the opportunity to bring one of the world’s greatest characters into the free-to-play PC online gaming space via Aeria Game’s high-quality publishing platforms.”

Developed by Sanrio Digital and published in North America by Aeria Games, Hello Kitty Online invites players to create a fully customizable character and engage with other online players in a world rich in adventure and inhabited by more than one hundred original Sanrio characters and other newly-designed creations. Thanks to the innovative social media features of Hello Kitty Online, players are able to share videos, screenshots, blogs and email messages with other players without leaving the game world.

“Hello Kitty Online was designed to be a fun and interactive social gaming experience that brings Hello Kitty and Sanrio friends together in an engaging MMO setting,” said Robert Ferrari, vice president of publishing and business development, Sanrio Digital. “We look forward to bringing Hello Kitty Online and the integrated SanrioTown social networking site to Hello Kitty fans across North America.”

About Aeria Games

Aeria Games is one of the fastest growing publishers of free-to-play online games providing an unrivaled MMO gaming experience to a growing community of more than seven million members. With a diversified portfolio of titles, including the renowned Shaiya, Shin Megami Tensei, and Hello Kitty Online,  Aeria Games is committed to delivering a dynamic gaming experience with high-quality, innovative content combined with unprecedented customer service. Based in Silicon Valley, California, Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc. was founded in 2006 and has offices in the United States and Germany. More information about Aeria Games & Entertainment can be found at www.aeriagames.com.

About Sanrio Digital

Sanrio Digital is a joint venture between Typhoon Games (HK) Ltd. and Sanrio Wave Hong Kong Co. Ltd. Sanrio Digital is responsible for the expansion of Sanrio intellectual property assets into various digital and online media, leveraging an extensive library of original material that includes world-famous brands such as Hello Kitty, Badtz-Maru, My Melody and others. For more information, please visit  http://www.sanriodigital.com and http://www.sanriotown.com.

Hi everyone! Here are the updated lists of the Top 10 players of SanrioTown’s Super Engineer and Bubble Catcher games who qualify for the minigames contest.

Bubble Catcher

1. nanababy-.-@hellokitty.com : 169890
2. wongsword@hellokitty.com : 168730
3. meilingz@hellokitty.com : 163230
4. dennisc@hellokitty.com : 162620
5. littleyen@hellokitty.com : 159150
6. glorialu@hellokitty.com : 158280
7. lucianauzum@hellokitty.com : 154810
8. zoietsz@hellokitty.com : 153390
9. vvviolet@mymelody.com : 153000
10. cinnamon.sugar@hellokitty.com : 151930

Super Engineer
1. susukie@hellokitty.com : 2319470
2. cinnamon.sugar@hellokitty.com : 1935010
3. joycess@hellokitty.com : 1917510
4. kittylab_0.0@hellokitty.com : 1888550
5. chaichaidog@hellokitty.com : 1869090
6. kikihui509@hellokitty.com : 1856290
7. dorisho@mymelody.com : 410270
8. chloe_1_2009@hellokitty.com : 298900
9. doris_hui@hellokitty.com : 237390
10. amy_leung@hellokitty.com : 150000

The contest’s almost over! If you want to participate, you still have a few days left! Sign in to your SanrioTown account and do as well as you can on the two aforementioned games to get the chance to win awesome Sanrio prizes. Good luck!

Hi everyone! Here are the most updated lists featuring the Top 10 players of the Minigames Contest, which covers both the Super Engineer and Bubble Catcher games at the SanrioTown Game Center.

Bubble Catcher

1. nanababy-.-@hellokitty.com : 169890
2. wongsword@hellokitty.com : 168730
3. meilingz@hellokitty.com : 163230
4. glorialu@hellokitty.com : 158280
5. littleyen@hellokitty.com : 157350
6. zoietsz@hellokitty.com : 153390
7. vvviolet@mymelody.com : 153000
8. ºõÈuÐã@hellokitty.com.my : 149090
9. lylithe@hellokitty.com : 147340
10. fernanda2008@hellokitty.com : 143180

Super Engineer

1. kikihui509@hellokitty.com : 1856290
2. susukie@hellokitty.com : 832350
3. joycess@hellokitty.com: 458680
4. dorisho@mymelody.com : 410270
5. chloe_1_2009@hellokitty.com : 298900
6. doris_hui@hellokitty.com : 237390
7. amy_leung@hellokitty.com : 150000
8. kathy_43xp@hellokitty.com : 130620
9. wongsword@hellokitty.com : 100990
10. lovelycatyk@hellokitty.com : 97240

The contest is until 07 September, so if you want to join, you still have time! Simply log in to your SanrioTown account and head off to the Game Center and start playing the Super Engineer and Bubble Catcher games as well as you can to get the chance to win Sanrio prizes.

Hello Kitty on iPhone Offers Tilt-based, Arcade Game Play and Unique Social and Interactivity Elements

Sanrio Digital and ZIO Interactive, Inc. introduce “Hello Kitty Parachute Paradise”, a new game application for iPhone and iPod Touch featuring supercute and irresistible, pop icon Hello Kitty and other Sanrio friends. Hello Kitty Parachute Paradise, developed by ZIO and published by Sanrio Digital, is available for download at Apple’s iPhone App Store in the U.S.

Hello Kitty Parachute Paradise has two key components: the “My Room” Showcase, and the casual arcade game area.

Hello Kitty Parachute Paradise is available for iPhone and iPod Touch through the Apple App Store at an introductory price of $4.99. For more information on the game, please visit the official game website at http://HelloKittyParachuteParadise.sanriotown.com.

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Here are the updated lists of the Top 10 Players of the SanrioTown Minigames contest so far. Check it out and see what your fighting chances are of getting prizes for this month’s SanrioTown event.

Bubble Catcher

1. nanababy-.-@hellokitty.com : 169890
2. wongsword@hellokitty.com : 168730
3. vvviolet@mymelody.com : 153000
4. meilingz@hellokitty.com : 152650
5. glorialu@hellokitty.com : 151230
6. zoietsz@hellokitty.com : 143420
7. kellykevin@mymelody.com : 142830
8. yekaren@hellokitty.com : 136840
9. kwyan@hellokitty.com : 136470
10. ºõÈuÐã@hellokitty.com.my : 136310

Super Engineer
1. kikihui509@hellokitty.com : 858440
2. dorisho@mymelody.com : 221290
3. doris_hui@hellokitty.com : 173510
4. kathy_43xp@hellokitty.com : 130620
5. wongsword@hellokitty.com : 100990
6. lovelykaty2k@hellokitty.com : 97240
7. princessmiharu@hellokitty.com : 86500
8. iheartbadtz@mymelody.com : 82550
9. tomoko_2009@hellokitty.com : 75240
10. devilcat121@hellokitty.com : 71930