Hello Kitty to Make Special Appearance at Apple Union Square

[MacRumors]

To celebrate an in-game event for popular Apple Arcade game Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Apple is teaming up with Sanrio to have Hello Kitty herself visit Apple Union Square in San Francisco, California.

Hello Kitty and Cinnamoroll will be at the San Francisco store on Wednesday, March 20 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. That is the week of the Game Developers Conference, so GDC attendees that are visiting the city will be able to attend to meet Hello Kitty. Signups to attend the event can be found on Apple's website.

Apple says that Hello Kitty will spread a message of happiness, friendship, and inclusivity, which matches the theme of the Hello Kitty Island Adventure in-game event. The virtual event, which takes place from March 18 to 25, celebrates International Day of Happiness. Players will be tasked with spreading joy through a surprise recipe and with surprise gifts.

Chelsea Howe, Chief Product Officer of Sunblink (the developer behind Hello Kitty Island Adventure), and Jill Koch, SVP of Marketing at Sanrio, will also be accompanying Hello Kitty at Apple Union Square. The two will speak on the inspiration behind the game.

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Hello Kitty Island Adventure is part of the Apple Arcade gaming subscription, priced at $6.99 per month. All members of a family group can play Apple Arcade games for the single subscription price. Hello Kitty Island Adventure is updated on a regular basis with new in-game content and events.

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[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Finally something worth reading . That's what I'm here for babyyyyyyy

 

[sw1tcher]

Kerokerokeroppi > Hello Kitty

 

[cateye]

So basically, someone in Hello Kitty cosplay spreading "...a message of happiness, friendship, and inclusivity" by awkwardly standing around with a couple suits from the home office. God, all this needs to be an even more perfect parody of itself is a co-op promo play with some boomer brand like Diet Dr. Pepper.

Get your 'game on' with Apple Arcade, Hello Kitty, and Diet Dr. Pepper! It's a winning team!

Dear Lord, Apple.

 

[fel10]

GOTY confirmed

 

[coffeemilktea]

I'm more excited for this than I am for the M3 Ultra Mac Pro!

 

[LavaLevel]

I'm all for more cross license branding. Especially before Microsoft owns everything.

 

[coolfactor]

Moments like this make me wonder if Apple has lost their way. Hey, not knocking Hello Kitty, friends, and fans, but the singular focus on a brand like this just screams of desperation in a way.

Now if Hello Kitty was only visible virtually through an Apple Vision Pro headset... then we can talk!

 

[GrayFlannel]

Book the flight.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

I’m already packing my bags, booking my flight and making hotel reservations. Can’t wait.

 

[jgreg728]

We were wrong. Apples DOES care about gaming.

 

[coffeemilktea]

Kerokerokeroppi > Hello Kitty

This may be the most controversial take I've seen in any MacRumors comment section. 😲

 

[Lioness~]

This is Apple in its prime these days - hello Kitty.

Now we know the lineup for this year. Thanks Tim.

 

[klasma]

I'm all for more cross license branding. Especially before Microsoft owns everything.

Microsoft should have added Kitty to Windows Hello.

 

[cateye]

This may be the most controversial take I've seen in any MacRumors comment section. 😲

Yeah I'm not touching that third rail. The debate would start out all reasonable then before we hit page two it'd be all like

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

 

[Marzzz]

I am Badtz Maru, and I approve of this message.

 

[Mousse]

It better be Hello Kitty and not Mimmy with a red bow. I made that mistake before when buying a Hello Kitty charm for my daughter.😓 Never again.

 

[vegetassj4]

Methinks they need a special iOS release which touts several new impovements, bug fixes, secuirty fixes, and most importantly new Hello Kitty™ Emoji.

 

[jyw104]

GOTY confirmed

Unironically, this isn't far off my sentiment. OK, so it apes Animal Crossing, but it's actually very solid game. Very easy to drop in, do a couple of tasks each day and come back the next day. The fact that it's on Arcade makes all the better, free from those wretched microtransactions.

 

[vegetassj4]

Kerokerokeroppi > Hello Kitty

Slippy approved this message. I was worried for a moment.

 

[bousozoku]

Hopefully, it will be a worthwhile even for all those Sanrio fanatics. I've seen people shopping in Hello, Kitty outfits. At one time, Target had Sanrio's kitchen appliances, TVs, radios, etc. It's big business to the right people.

 

[Porco]

She should bring her cousin, Software Development Kitty.

 

[SpaceJello]

Yes, I can easily dismiss Hello Kitty’s appearance at Apple Union Square. Why wouldn’t I? She is as irrelevant to me as BTS, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift or U2 showing up there. Or a new Apple car, fridge or thermometer.

But I won’t.

Hello Kitty is the second largest media franchise in the world, behind Pokemon and right above Mickey himself.

Don’t forget Apple’s game “Hello Kitty Adveture Island”. Sure, it’s a “cozy” game with no shooting, massive horde of zombies or ridiculously hard combat. But it’s gaining massive traction with the rest of the world that don’t want your usual games. And it’s EXCLUSIVE.

“Cozy” games like this and Animal Crossing are the silent elephant in the room no one wants to admit. It’s massive enough for a similar game in the yakuza franchise to show up.

This just shows Apple is serious about gaming. If you don’t like this game, just wait for Death Stranding, No Man’s Sky or Resident Evil.

Until Apple can get Charzard, Bulbasaur or Nurse Joy to show up, Hello Kitty isn’t that bad. 😏

P.S. Apple should really have gotten Aggresuko. She is who we all are.

 

[FineWoven]

Hopefully, it will be a worthwhile even for all those Sanrio fanatics. I've seen people shopping in Hello, Kitty outfits. At one time, Target had Sanrio's kitchen appliances, TVs, radios, etc. It's big business to the right people.

Yeah I don’t quite understand all the hubbub about this game but then again I feel that way about most games these days lol 😆 Hope the folks who went to the event had a good time. I’m curious to know from any attendees what all specifically Apple ended up doing for it.

 

[Geoffb9]

Microsoft and Google work on the cutting edge AI and Apple give us Hello Kitty and emojis.