GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Hello Kitty is currently celebrating her 30th birthday, and mobile gamers are invited! That should be the tagline for Hello Kitty Park Adventure ...

I am, of course, talking about Hello Kitty Online, the first game to combine the addictive, forget-to-eat gameplay of an MMO with the cloyingly cute aesthetics of the Hello Kitty universe.

A gold coin pendant with the image of Hello Kitty holding the number 50 is selling for about 120,000 yen ($800), while a Casio watch costs 18,700 yen ($120). But first, more on the origin story.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Hello Kitty's classic countenance will be featured in a fully 3D game for the first time when Namco's Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue hits the GameCube ...