Two words I never thought I'd see in MMOs: Hello Kitty.

Hello Kitty Online has announced Founder's Beta which will allow a limited number of users to play the Hello Kitty MMORPG prior to launch. The Founder's Beta participants will receive additional benefits and participate in some special in-game events. In case you were curious about the game it'self, according to the developer Sanrio Digital:

Hello Kitty Online 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.

Features include:

- Players can create, post and view blogs from inside the game

- Upload, share and view videos in-game

- Social networking options

- Multiplayer mini games with ranking system

According to the developer, Hello Kitty has been dramatically improved since the closed beta and hope that players will enjoy a completely new game client with improved graphics, and a number of team-play oriented enhancements. There will be 20,000 Founder accounts issued on a first-com first- served basis. First you can sign up at SanrioTown and then use the SanrioTown email system to send a blank message to [email protected]. Good luck.