SanrioTown Premium Members Get Sanrio Loyalty Points

Good news to the SanrioTown premium members! They will be receiving the following points based on the service they’ve availed of:

Storage: 9,000 Sanrio Loyalty Points
POP3: 20,000 Sanrio Loyalty Points
Forwarding: 4,000 Sanrio Loyalty Points

New premium members will also be receiving the mentioned points, so if you want to get these, subscribe and get a premium account now!

The Sanrio Loyalty Points are the currency in SanrioTown. These are consumable in the Item Mall of Hello Kitty Online (HKO), the hot MMORPG featuring everyone’s well-loved Sanrio characters.

To find out more about HKO, please visit
http://www.hellokittyonline.com

For more information about the Sanrio Loyalty Points, please visit
http://www.sanriotown.com/main/loyalty/about_loyalty_us.htm

Voices in "Call for Voices" Revealed!

Notice anything familiar in the new Hello Kitty Online trailer? If you did, then you’re correct: because the greetings you heard in the video are actually from the audio clips the lucky winners of the “Call for Voices” sent!

Click here for more details, including the list of the winners who are now immortalized in the awesome and adorable video!

Play Hello Kitty Online: The Introduction on Facebook!

Great news for Facebook members: Hello Kitty Online: The Introduction is now available on Facebook! Log in to facebook to accompany the heroic Jed on his quest to learn how to survive in Hello Kitty Online. Let your friends know so they can join the HKO fun!

Play Hello Kitty Online: The Introduction now by clicking here.

Santa’s Drops Contest Winners

The Santa’s Drops Contest has already ended. Hope you all had fun playing! Here is the list of the contest winners with their respective prizes:

MBLife.com Jewelry

wspchris@hellokitty.com
jiyongie@hellokitty.com

Hello Kitty 1GB flash drive

Yacuy03@hellokitty.com
vivianchan@hellokitty.com
duchesssharon@hellokitty.com
pear_810@mymelody.com

Hello Kitty Animation DVDs and VCDs

tomhoyan@mymelody.com
jolin_615@hellokitty.com
ipssc@hellokitty.com
jessicayk@hellokitty.com
lesley0205@hellokitty.com
yan1996104@hellokitty.com
lai_angel@hellokitty.com
timmy1102@mymelody.com
louisapoonie@mymelody.com
doctorhouse@hellokitty.com
karkykiki@hellokitty.com
luigiorlina@mymelody.com
sugi_baby@hellokitty.com
tammy_fung@hellokitty.com

Congratulations to the winners!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone! May you and your family be blessed with a happy, prosperous, and peaceful 2010!

Here’s to a new year!

SanrioTown Poll - Are you an iPhone user?

Hello Kitty and SanrioTown need your help! Please answer the quick survey below. Doing so will help us greatly in bringing the things you want to your doorstep!

Thank you!

What are your thoughts on a Hello Kitty/SanrioTown application on the iPhone? Let us know what these are by leaving your comments on this entry.

December 2009 Downloads Are Now Available

Here’s another early Christmas present from us for all our beloved members: new downloads are available for you to grab! Wallpapers, calendars, e-cards, and screensavers that are perfect for the holidays are just some of the freebies you can get here on SanrioTown! All you have to do is to log in and head off to the “Enjoy Downloads” section to grab these items!

Don’t have a SanrioTown account? Don’t worry! Click here to get your free account and enjoy the various features of SanrioTown now!

Forums Modifications are Now Done

The past week, we have done a few changes in the SanrioTown forums based on your requests! Visit the SanrioTown forums now to see what these modifications are.

Drop us a line in “Ask SanrioTown” to tell us your thoughts on the new format of the SanrioTown forums. If you have any suggestions, comments, suggestions to us, let us know there as well. We’d love to hear from you!

Thank you for your patience.

Hello Kitty® Online North America: Toys for Tots Charity Drive

Come join Hello Kitty Online North America as we collaborate to play HKO for charity! Players will have two weeks (until December 16th, 2009) to gather in game items that will translate into toy donations to Toys for Tots!

Here’s how it works:

We’ll be collecting sets of materials for your GM team to make into holiday toys for needy children, one set consists of:

• Short Sticks (x10)
• Webley Webs (x5)
• Shell (x5)
• Bramble’s Comfort (x10)

Players who trade one set or more of items will receive a Crab Plush Toy for their efforts (all items must be traded at the same time), for each set a contribution will also be made to Toys for Tots. There will be at least three opportunities to trade these items to a GM in Sanrio Harbour next to Nyoko on:

• December 14th at 5, 6, & 7 PM server time (EST).
• December 15th at 7, 8 & 9 PM server time (EST).
• December 16th at 10, 11 & 12 PM server time (EST).

*If you cannot make it to a drop off time, please PM GMPirate or GM_MorningBell to arrange a trade.

After the December 16th deadline for each set of items donated in game, will will make a contribution to Toys for Tots on behalf of the players of Hello Kitty Online North America.

For more information about Toys for Tots, please visit their website here: http://www.toysfortots.org/

Download HKO by clicking here.

Forums Revamp, December 2009

Hi everyone,

In the next few days, we’ll be doing a lot of exciting changes in the SanrioTown forums. Because of this, please expect slowing down or revisions to pop up on the site. Don’t worry: all the stuff will still be kept intact, and we’ll try to get everything back up as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconveniences this might cause.

Thanks for the continued support!

Santa’s Drops Get a Gift Event!

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas everyone! Now there’s more reason to play Santa’s Drops in SanrioTown’s Game Center. Play the game and catch one of Santa’s rare drops to get an opportunity to win cool Christmas gifts from us!

Here’s how it works:

1. Play Santa’s Drops from December 1st to January 4th and watch out for Santa’s rare drops! A rare drop looks like this:

2. Make sure you catch it! Uncaught rare drops from Santa wouldn’t be counted as “caught” even if a player is lucky to see one.

3. Players who catch a rare drop item and who submit their score will get the chance to win a Christmas gift from us at the end of the event via lucky draw.

Here are the prizes of the event:

MBLife.com Jewelry

Hello Kitty Animation DVDs and VCDs

Hello Kitty 1GB flash drive

More than 20 players can win any of these prizes so start playing now!

Terms and Conditions:

1. Only SanrioTown members (@hellokitty.com, @mymelody.com, @kuririnmail.com) are eligible to participate in the Lucky Draw. Members whose accounts are @hellokitty.com.sg, @hellokitty.com.my, etc. are not eligible.

2. Winners will be picked via lucky draw.

3. SanrioTown reserves the right to change the conditions of this competition at its own discretion.

4. Sanriotown reserves the right to extend or terminate the competition at its own discretion.

5. Members can submit as many entries as desired and all entries will be considered by SanrioTown as long as it meets all the guidelines.

6. All selections are final.

Good luck!

Curious about the SanrioTown Game Center? Take a peek at it by clicking here.

Santa’s Drops Now on SanrioTown

A new game has now been set up, and right in time for the holidays! Help Badtz-Maru collect the gifts that Santa Pandaba is tossing. Collect the bells to get a higher score. Be careful not to get hit by the rolling snowballs along the way!

New Blog Layouts for December

The new blog layouts are out now, and they’re all set for the holiday season! This is just one of the two that are (virtually) gift-wrapped for you this December. Be sure to check the other cute Sanrio-themed layouts here on SanrioTown!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Kitty Online Team Interview at MMORPG.com

MMORPG.com released today an exclusive interview with two members of the Hello Kitty Online team. Game Designer Abby Reyes and VP of Business Development and Publishing Robert Ferrari offered some updates regarding the latest news in HKO as well as an exciting peek of what’s to come!

Click here to read the interview at MMORPG.com.

We have a lot in store for you as the year winds up. Stay tuned for more news and updates!

Kitty Lab in Singapore Opens Today!

The special Hello Kitty event that rocked Hong Kong has now made its way to Singapore! Kitty Lab, where you can go and create your Hello Kitty of your choice, opens today there at the Singapore Expo (Hall 1)! The event will run until November 29, so Singapore residents, be sure to check it out!

Hello Kitty Online Commercially Launched in the Philippines!

Hello Kitty Online has gone live on the Philippines! Level Up!, one of the country’s leading publisher of online games opened their servers yesterday, November 11 at 15:00 (3pm) GMT +8 to throngs of excited Hello Kitty fans.

Players quickly rushed into the game and started their adventures in Hello Kitty Online.

Now that the game has been commercially launched in the Philippines, there will be no more character wipes and everything you earn there will be for keeps! What are you waiting for? Sign up now and enjoy the only MMORPG made for Sanrio fans!

For more information about Hello Kitty Online in the Philippines, visit the Official Hello Kitty Online Philippines site.

November Downloads are Now Available!

For those who are eagerly anticipating the new freebies for this month, wait no more! The November downloads are now available for you to download and save to decorate your PCs or send to your friends for free! Wallpapers and calendars are just some of the things you can get here: all you have to do is sign in to your SanrioTown account and then head to the Download Center to grab all the goodies. If you don’t have a SanrioTown account yet, worry not! Click here to register and get your free account now!

Update on monster stats and holiday events

Hi everyone, it’s me again, Abby, writing on behalf of the Hello Kitty Online development team for our Developer Diary. I have a few updates and news to share with you.

Monster Stats/Difficulty

We’re working carefully on adjusting game difficulty in Hello Kitty Online, and I’d like to explain some changes we have already made to balance monster difficulty and rewards. First, we have improved the stat bonuses on quest reward items in Sanrio Harbour. Secondly, merchant NPCs in all major cities except Sanrio Harbour now offer more powerful items for sale. These improved quest rewards and merchant items should make it easier to face monsters in the wilderness of Sanrio Land.

Also, we’ve started working on some substantial adjustments to the stats themselves that will make things easier for everyone. It’ll take some time, but we’ll keep you updated on our progress!

Hello Kitty’s 35th Birthday

We’d also like to take this time to thank you all for celebrating Hello Kitty’s 35th Birthday with us. We were thrilled to receive your feedback, and we’re glad that you all enjoyed the event! We can’t wait to see you in our next celebration, which is…

The HKO In-game Christmas Event

You can feel it in the air — the holidays are just around the corner! We’re working on another special event for our players across all regions. We know you’re expecting it, and we don’t intend to let you down! Get your holiday spirit ready for:

• Two special new quest chains featuring our very own Santa and a quirky new character who’s about to cause some big trouble

• Bingo and the Emote Game will be back

• More cute holiday-themed items for you to collect

• A final event similar to the 35th Birthday party, with a surprise twist!

That’s all for this update, tune in next time! If you like receiving updates via RSS feed readers, you can click here to subscribe to the HKO Developer Diary through Feedburner. I’ll be back soon with more Hello Kitty Online development news, so do check back often!

“Jungle Jumper” Now on SanrioTown

If you can’t get enough of the minigames on Hello Kitty Online, here’s a game that’s just right for you! “Jungle Jumper” is the latest addition to the arsenal of flash games that you can play right here on SanrioTown. The object of the game is to help poor Treedrop, who got lost in the jungle, find his way back home. Direct his jumps using your mouse, and grab the grapes to get a whopping 10,000 points each!

You can play this and other fun games by logging in to SanrioTown. Don’t have one yet? Click here to register and get your free account now!