little. yellow. different. – Hello Kitty gets an MMORPG

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Posted
14 February 2008 @ 12am

Hello Kitty gets an MMORPG

Like the other ten million people out there, I play World of Warcraft. It’s a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMORPG for short; I go online and I can fight monsters or other players from around the world. But today, a new MMORPG has entered a private invitation-only phase that could possibly bring Blizzard to it’s murloc-killing, PVP-flagged, epic-wearing knees:

HELLO KITTY ONLINE.

Why yes, the makers of Hello Kitty is entering the MMORPG realm, specifically “Targeting female players from their pre-teens to twenties.” AND ME.

Efren: but what the hell would hello kitty fight? bad badtz maru gone awry?
Ernie: hahahaha… bad bad bad badzmaru
Ernie: or maybe hello kitties evil twin sister, born on the ninth plane of hell
Efren: oh god…like those bad hello kitties you see now with the skulls and stuff?
Ernie: Exactly.

The thought of using two flaming swords to topple a 100-foot demon Pochacco and three Kero kero keroppi spawns somehow fills me with glee. Okay, it probably won’t be that as much as it will be a way to customize the fabulous outfit that you’re wearing, but a boy can dream.

12 Comments

Posted by
Stephen
14 February 2008 @ 1am

In the grim future of Hello Kitty, there is only war.
http://onastick.net/sitz/images/hk40k.html

Posted by
penny
14 February 2008 @ 2pm

And WHY is this game not called, “Hello Kitty Island Adventure”??!?!

seriously.

Posted by
TheWeeJenny
14 February 2008 @ 2pm

Both me AND my hubby are also very excited about this. We already play WoW, Eve Online, Guild Wars, and Lord of the Rigns Online, but we’re absolutely DYING to get into that private beta. ^_^

Posted by
lia
14 February 2008 @ 4pm

omg WANT! i love you.

Posted by
Sucia
14 February 2008 @ 5pm

I’m so down with this I’m willing to actually play a MMORPG (which I have been resisting for years). Maybe one day we can play together and try to kill each other!

Posted by
Efren
15 February 2008 @ 1am

Yes! I have made it in to an LYD post! I have reached the 10th stage of Nirvana!

I can die happy now.

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Outblaze Blog » Hello Kitty MMORPG storms through blogosphere
15 February 2008 @ 5am

[…] blog stated, in a manner incomprehensible to non-gamers, that “today, a new MMORPG has entered a private invitation-only phase that could possibly […]

Posted by
Laura Moncur
15 February 2008 @ 11am

This is so totally AWESOME! Of course, I’m imagining a cross between Hello Kitty and Animal Crossing, so there is no war and even the grumpy people like Badzmaru are eventually won over by my happy smile!

I signed up for the Beta. Please, please, please let them pick me!

Posted by
Gaycondo
16 February 2008 @ 4pm

I’m guessing all dialogue between players will have to be typed.
Or they will give Ms. Kitty a mouth.

Posted by
atari_age
19 February 2008 @ 10am

OMG. And Penny is 100% right. Talk about passing up built-in marketing. Oh well. Maybe they’ll use “Island Adventure” for the expansion pack.

Posted by
nothing edifying » Blog Archive » Neglectful
20 February 2008 @ 2pm

[…] pressure from K (not that it took much). Btw, dude, K, did you read about Hello Kitty Online (via little. yellow. different.)? I totally signed up for the invitation beta. […]

Posted by
mim
20 February 2008 @ 3pm

Kitty already has a twin sister (Mimmy):
http://www.hello-kitty.co.uk/?p=about

Still, they might be battling the evil triplet!