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Tokyo, April 21, 2026 (AFP) - Hello Kitty's parent company to make own video games

NAMPA / AFP
2026-04-21
Seeking new fans for Hello Kitty, the company behind the enigmatic character on Tuesday launched a video games division aiming to release 10 original titles over the next three years. Hello Kitty, which started life as an illustration on a 1970s vinyl coin purse, is emblematic of Japan's lucrative culture of "kawaii", meaning cute. Hello Kitty and other characters owned by the corporate titan Sanrio have appeared in video games before, but these......
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