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Just found out over here, this must mean that HKO (Hello Kitty Online) is coming to US really soon, who wants to work in Santa Clara?
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Hello Kitty Online made the top twisted highlights in inventorspot. The original post can be seen here.
Role-playing games like World of Warcraft worry many with their ability to addict players who need to spend at least some time on things like work, school and a social life. Hello Kitty Online isn’t going to help the situation much. Master marketer Sanrio just keeps finding new ways to promote their signature character, Hello Kitty, as if being the adoration of pre-teens everywhere isn’t enough. Welcome to Kitty’s world… all your babes belong to us!
Some other random 2009 HKO commentary! Happy New Year to you all as well and hopefully the Hello Kitty MMORPG will be out soon!
Reposted from the Hello Kitty Online Game blog of HKO…
The Hello Kitty Online Founders’ Christmas Reunion begins December 17, 2008 at 22:00 EST, and will finish December 22, 2008 at 23:59 EST. Please note that Hello Kitty Online will not be accessible outside of this period.
Only existing Founders will be able to play. No new players will be accepted during the Founders’ Christmas Reunion.
Updates for your game client will be available starting on December 15th 22:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST US Time Zone), 2008. All you need to do is start your game client and wait for the auto-update to complete, it will take a bit of time as it’s a big one. If you already uninstalled the game, the full game client is available for download at the Hello Kitty Online Download Center. Please re-download and install it again, and let the auto-update do its magic! We recommend that you have the HKO game installed and ready prior to the December 15th update.
If you have any questions, please email us at onlinegame@hellokitty.com.
Some more news about what’s in the update below:
For HKO Founders, this holiday season will be extra special! Come celebrate Christmas with all your friends from Hello Kitty Online! From December 17 until December 22, 2008, Hello Kitty Online will once again open its doors to all Founders to celebrate the last party of the year in Sanrio Land: the Founders’ Christmas Reunion!
The Founders’ Christmas Reunion will have new and updated game features and content made exclusively for all our Founders. Of special note:
New Christmas-themed maps!
A brand new winter wonderland complete with snowflakes gently floating down from the sky
The Item Mall is here! You will automatically receive 300 points to spend on exclusive items only available in the Item Mall.
Pets can now speak and will let you know how they feel!
Sanrio Land’s newest city: New York!
Christmas quests! Embark on a fun-filled adventure all over Sanrio Land to put Christmas back on track!
New Sanrio characters! You will meet many new faces in your quest to save Christmas!
Player profile page on SanrioTown that shows your character, farm, pet, buddies and more! Check it out!
In-game new email notification informs you when you have new mail.
I got this funny article over here. It is apparently true.
John Fitch, the first guy in line we interviewed yesterday, seemed a bit weary after waiting some 39 hours for the expansion pack. However, he willed himself on by giving interviews with the Los Angeles Times and local television stations. He even led a group of people down to line chanting “Hello Kitty Island Adventure MMO!”
If you’re on XFIRE, join our clan, I just started it, but if you’re already using it, feel free to join our dedicated HKO clan of gamers!
The Hello Kitty Online game client is now up for download on the official HKO Download Center! Just follow the instructions there, and you will be one step closer to joining the fun in the HKO Founders’ Beta! The doors of Sanrio Land will open on October 8, 2008 at exactly 22:00 US Eastern Standard Time (Oct 9 - 10:00 in Hong Kong Time), so start downloading now!
For those who should have any trouble downloading through torrent, don’t fret. There will be a comprehensive HKO client installer up for direct download on October 8!
As the countdown continues, we are lining up more treats for all of you! First, there will be an exciting interactive tutorial up on that page very soon, so check back so you don’t miss out — you won’t regret it! See you in Founders’ Beta!
Sanriotown is offering an exclusive discount for its members if they avail of “Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams”, available on Autumn 2008 exclusively on the Nintendo DS. Simply spend 1,000 of your Kitty Points and you get 15% discount when you purchase the game! You’ll even automatically get an open beta account for the much-anticipated MMORPG, Hello Kitty Online!
For more information about this great deal, please click here.
Reposted from the original blog post.
After months of going over player comments and suggestions, and working hard to deliver an even better game to all our supporters, it’s time for the big news. The wait has been long, but we’ve toiled to make sure it’s all worth it! So without further ado, we are pleased to announce the next phase — The Hello Kitty Online Founders’ Beta!
October 8, 2008 is the big day, and the this next stage will allow a limited number of users to play Hello Kitty Online MMORPG ahead as Founders ahead of launch, while earning benefits and participating in special in-game events.
And now, here’s how you can be one of the Founders of the official Hello Kitty Online launch!
1. Sign up for an account at SanrioTown.com,
2. Using the SanrioTown account, send a BLANK email tohkofounder@hellokitty.com.
Remember, you need a SanrioTown account in order to qualify to be a Founder, and the email account you use will be the one we grant access to for the Founders’ Beta. Also, questions, comments and suggestions should be sent to onlinegame@hellokitty.com.
What’s to look forward to? The new version of HKO will feature animproved interface, new monsters, new maps, new items, and the opening of London and Paris. The Founders’ Beta will also introduce gameplay changes such as an improved skill system, pet systems and team-play oriented enhancements.
So what are you waiting for? Don’t miss out, because we’ll only be allowing a limited number into this stage! More details to come in the following days, so stay tuned!
I for one will be applying right away!
Apparently this is a recent occurrence.
Anyone who subscribed to the closed beta announcement via GMAIL, better check out their Spam folder so they can get in on time.
The announcement went into some people’s spam folder in GMAIL instead! The announcement on this is below…
Hello Kitty Online (www.hellokittyonline.com) is a free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) based on Sanrio’s famous characters. The game transports players into the cute and cuddly world of Sanrio Land, where players will meet and interact with over a hundred Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty, Badtz-Maru, Keroppi, Dear Daniel, My Melody, Pochacco, Cinnamoroll, and many others.
Hello Kitty Online boasts several new additions and improvements since the Closed Beta version, and the Founder’s Beta will feature a new game client with an improved interface, improved graphics and special effects, new monsters, new maps, new items, and the opening of London and Paris. The Founders’ Beta will also introduce gameplay changes such as new skills, new pet systems and team-play oriented enhancements.
Reposted from an article at Massively the graphics of combining Optimus Prime and Kitty does ring ominous.
There’s a certain temptation to believe that so-called casual games are inherently less complex than their more hardcore cousins. Whether it’s born of experience, arrogance, or just plain ignorance, most people probably assume that a game like Hello Kitty Online is going to leave them wanting for features. Having just read an interview with Ali Aslanbaigi, Game Master Manager for HKO, this blogger can say that this certainly doesn’t seem like the case.
Aslanbaigi explains how they plan to integrate email, blogging, and user video from the Sanriotown portal into the game experience itself, making Hello Kitty Online a social media hub as much as it is casual MMO. Say what you will about the relative complexity of an Age of Conan — Hello Kitty Online isn’t just trying to compete with the big MMOs on the block, it’s looking to take its place alongside Facebook, MySpace, and other social media giants. It’s ambitious, to say the least.
The one article that spawned the Title of this article is here.
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