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Do your research. WoW has over 10 million subscribers and there won't be hardly any compitition because it's two very different fanbases, and from the screenshots two very different games. And if it's anything to go by, Pirates of the Carribean (spelling?) was hugely popular, but the online MMO game was total... excrement. While this may be different, just because something is popular in one medium doesn't mean it will pan out in another.

(To be fair, the Pirates MMO was placed by execs in the same category as stuffed toys and posters, so not much effort was put into it. This sounds like it may be a little different... but then again maybe not.)

By "competition", i mean the total number of subscribers for each game. Obviously WoW and Hello Kitty Online have very different target markets. This is why i'm saying that what WoW did for (or to) boys, Hello Kitty Online will do for (again, or to) girls.

Thanks for reading - no sarcasm intended :o)

Wow, this will be wonderful for the girls out there! Looks fun and interesting!

Speaking as a girl, there's no f'in way I'm installing that on my computer. Yuck. Anyone over the age of 15 that collects Hello Kitty should be shot.

wow, she really is going digital. Kitty's got this and a limited edition USB drive to boot. click on the homepage i provided for info about the Hello Kitty USB.

Hey this is the game that butters plays on south park >_<. butters for president!!

I think this is a wonderful idea. I have loved Hello Kitty since i was 9 and i am now 22 and not ashamed. I think this is a good idea and will help girls fit in the PC online game world and not just on game systems. Please do keep in mind i am a WoW player and so are all my room mates, even though i do agree that the screen shots do not look like WoW, I would love to play it. I do understand that Hello Kitty is not for everyone but please don't bash something someone else likes just because it isn't for you. I didn't like WoW when i started but now i play all time. Good Luck on the launch!!!!!

first off, the information is wrong.
in february, here were over 30,000 who APPLIED to be beta testers. only 160 of those got in, plus another 80 that were preselected. i happen to be one of those beta testers.

that being said, this could never take over WoW. this has a smaller audience, and it's not the same. WoW has more content.

and to the person who said people over 15 can't like hello kitty.... i'm 20, and i'm no where near the oldest playing in the beta.
that and over half the GMs are guys who have played many mmorpgs.....

and it's a REALLY good system to have the game integrated with blog, email, and video is really great. and it will be a good game, just not in the realm of comparing it to WoW.

"Will Hello Kitty Online do for the Fairer Sex what World of Warcraft has done for (or to) young men? I'm talking about ADDICTION... a recognized problem with MMORPGs that may be exacerbated with the addition of social networking features."

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. WoW has many, many girl gamers -- me being one of them. Besides, girls have been playing online games for years, and long before WoW came out. We don't need a "cute" kitty to get us to game. Huge guns, orcs, and all that good stuff pulled us in a long time ago.