If you live in North America, though, you may want to check out Hello Kitty Online through Aeria Games & Entertainment Inc., a US-based online games publisher, which announced the acquisition of the game at the 2009 Game Developer Conference in San Francisco on March 23-27, 2009.

Anyway, going back to the topic, the Hello Kitty Online Founders’ Beta in the Philippines, Level Up! Games has already issued the invitation on its website. Here’s a copy:

Be the First to Experience the Online World of Hello Kitty!

Be the first ones in the Philippines to explore the vast magical world of Hello Kitty Online—visit London, Paris, Beijing, New York, and many other places. Try out unique features such as Farming, Item Collecting and Crafting, as well as the Hello Kitty Online pet system.

Pre-register now! Hello Kitty will send your account details as well as important updates and announcements to you via email.

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.

There is a catch, however. You have to compose a short essay, not more than 200 words, on “Why I want to be a part of Hello Kitty Founders’ Beta.” Whew! You must really like Hello Kitty Online if you manage to write an essay on the topic.

Personally, although I want to experience playing Hello Kitty Online ahead of everyone else who want a piece of the action, I find composing an essay tedious and think my energy will be of more use writing a review on the game.

Check out previous MMOtaku articles on Hello Kitty Online:

Level Up! Games secures rights to Rohan Online, Emil Chronicle and Hello Kitty

Sanrio, Level Up! ink deal for Hello Kitty Online

Here’s another Hello Kitty Online preview from fellow b5media technology blogger Patrick Quek:

Hello Kitty Online, The Next Realli BIG MMORPG Of Sanrio

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Let’s go check out the details of the licensing agreement:

Sanrio Digital and Level Up! Games, the Philippines’ first and leading online games publisher, have announced a distribution agreement to launch Hello Kitty Online in the Philippines.

Hello Kitty Online is the eagerly anticipated official massively multiplayer online role-playing game of the Hello Kitty universe. Under the terms of agreement, Level Up! will publish and operate an English-language version of Hello Kitty Online in the Philippines.

“We are very excited to publish a local version of Hello Kitty Online with Level Up!, the Philippines’ leader in online games publishing. Their proven track record and experience in online gaming will be instrumental in bringing Hello Kitty Online to a young and dynamic new audience,” said Yat Siu, chief executive officer of Sanrio Digital.

Level Up! Games CEO Jane Walker added, “Level Up! Games is delighted that Sanrio, one of the world’s most celebrated brands, has given us the privilege of bringing Hello Kitty Online to our country. We’re confident that, like Sanrio’s well-loved characters, the game will find a special place in Filipino hearts.”

Hello Kitty Online is the official MMORPG based on the popular Sanrio character. The game, currently in its beta stage, will launch this year on a free-to-play model with optional premium upgrades. Players will explore and experience magnificent adventures in the magical and cute world of Sanrio Land as they interact with other players and more than a hundred Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty, Badtz-Maru, Cinnamoroll, and many others.

The game is one of the few MMORPG titles to target a female gaming audience. Aside from redefining traditional MMO gaming with the inclusion of integrated social media services, Hello Kitty Online seeks to make playing more worthwhile by connecting the virtual world with real charity events. Recently, the beta in-game event called “Food for Friends” asked players to craft and donate virtual items; the event generated hundreds of thousands of submissions and raised USD 12,000 for the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Asian Youth Orchestra.

Wunnerful.

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Anyway, here’s the scoop from fellow blogger, good friend, and Level Up! Games workhorse Carlo “Wauks” Ople:

Level Up! has just announced that it is bringing in three new games to the Philippines. Ladies and gentlemen, I am please to let everyone know that Level Up! Games is localizing and bringing the following titles to you soon: Hello Kitty MMORPG, Rohan Online, and Emil Chronicle Online. These three new games will definitely take the country by storm and they all target different market segments. Hopefully, these games will open the doors to new gamers to the Level Up! community.

So there you have it. More games for us. Yes! I’ll finally have the chance to play Rohan Online, something I’ve been looking forward to in the past month or so. And, gasp!, Hello Kitty MMORPG! Que Horor!

While I dig up more information about the three online games, let me leave you with a video of Rohan Online so you’ll know what to expect:

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