Product Description

Hello Kitty must collect all of the items scattered around various levels in HELLO KITTYS CUBE FRENZY. Players can tell Kitty to move left or right while they place blocks on the playing area in hopes of creating bridges and staircases to help Kitty collect the items. Beware of Badz Maru, Hanamaru, and Pandaba, who happen to be Hello Kittys mortal enemies and are out to create trouble for Hello Kitty. Play HELLO KITTYS CUBE FRENZY and try to survive the pressure.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23038 in Video Games
• Model: 310014N
• Released on: 1999-03-03
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: PlayStation

GameSpot Review
Somewhat surprisingly, Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy has been introduced into the American market at a time when the popularity of puzzle games as a genre is at an all-time low. Back in the good ol' NES days, plenty of developers released these games, and there were too many to play then, much less recall now. As console systems grew in technological leaps and bounds, and console gamers matured, genre restrictions dropped away, and the one-screen puzzle game became confining and, eventually, unmarketable. Enter NewKidCo, publisher of Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy. Seizing the nearly untapped market of child gamers on the PlayStation, it decided to license and publish this game - and that's good news for fans of the genre, young and old alike. The game's grip on plot is tenuous at best, and who would be interested in it, anyway? Hello Kitty is vacationing on an island when Badtz Maru douses her in tripodelic spores. She is whisked away to a magical candy-colored land of gleaming cubes and robbed of the R&R she so richly deserves. Right. Anyway, the main object here is a simple one: Gather all the items on a stage to progress to the next one. Hello Kitty runs back and forth semi-controllably, scampering pell-mell into the shrieking abyss if you let her. Your only defenses against this are the L and R buttons, which can make her change direction, and groups of blocks that magically fall from the sky in the manner of any latter-day puzzle game you'd care to mention. The only catch is that these blocks, while clearable in a Columns-like fashion, can be stacked to build bridges and walkways for Kitty to traverse as she collects the myriad fruit, lipstick, and rodeo boots littering the landscape. Clearing them serves no purpose directly - you are awarded with more time for Kitty's quest for each cleared set, and you can unblock the way to treats, but it is not the main object of the game. Most PlayStation consumers will not even give this game a look; NewKidCo, as is easily inferred, is marketing it toward the "little sister" demographic. Puzzle fans who aren't easily dissuaded by the cotton-candy and gumdrop graphic style of the genre or the derisive snickers of many Silent Hill-buying PlayStation fans would be well-advised to pick this game up. Although it starts off easy, it quickly becomes devious, and a multitude of levels and characters (their only function is to run back and forth as mindlessly as Kitty, but they'll be interesting to Sanrio aficionados) can become unlocked. This is an extremely long game for the solitude-seeking serious puzzle gamer, like the classics of yore. It also includes both cooperative and versus two-player modes, both of which can be fun, depending on the bloodthirstiness of your puzzle-gaming pastel persona. Versus mode is especially amusing, as you use your colored-cube power to destroy that which your opponent has wrought and send their fluffy baby tumbling into the yawning chasm at the bottom of the screen. In short, Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy can be just that - a frenzy. Kitty toddles dangerously close to the edge, and Badtz Maru, Hanamaru, and Pandaba do their devilish best to block her every motion toward salvation. The result is a solid and enjoyable puzzle game that both Sanrio fans and fans of the genre will definitely enjoy. A few screamed expletives and chucked controllers later, you are rewarded with the sight of Hello Kitty Angel, and honestly, what more could you possibly want?--Christian Nutt--Copyright © 1998 GameSpot Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of GameSpot is prohibited.

Manufacturer Description
Help Hello Kitty find her way back from a puzzling dream world of fasting candy-colored cubes that could trap her in paradise forever! Falling cubes become building blocks that help Hello Kitty climb to collect prices and earn extra playing time. 11 levels of game play plus a bonus round interwoven with all new stories about Hello Kitty and super cute illustrations never seen before. 3 ways to play: single player with a friend in cooperation or head to head.

Customer Reviews

THIS IS A FUN GAME
I am a big fan of Hello Kitty and I was so excited when I saw this game was available. It's kind of an educational game. You have to put the cubes in order so that Hello Kitty can reach her prizes. I was confused at first, but after playing it awhile, I was able to master it. It is a really neat game and I would recommend it for all ages.

cool game!
Cube Frenzy is a Tetris-like puzzle game with a very high cute factor! I was at first interested in this game because I am a big fan of Sanrio characters like Hello Kitty and Badtz Maru. I was happy to find that it is not only fun, but challenging too. As you beat each level, you get different Kitty's to play with and in Extra mode you unlock different characters too. I like to play as Purin! Anyways, the most challenging is to play on the "Hard" difficulty level because you have to obtain all the prizes in a certain order. Also, the music really stays in your brain, which may be a blessing or curse... you decide! :)

Cute and fun game!
The reason I love this game is because I love Hello Kitty, and I love video games! In this game, you must help Hello Kitty get out of an uncharted island by gathering differrent items in 11 stages of the game. But watch out for those blocks, they could be trouble! The bonus rounds are a bit hard, but hey, you can deal! This game rocks! It's enteraining, graphic rich, the perfect video game! Don't quit when you're stuck, because your prize is worth while!