Nintendo announces an alarm clock

Domagoj Belancic

9.10.2024

Translation: machine translated

Out of nowhere, Nintendo announces an alarm clock that wants to wake you up in an unconventional way.

Nintendo announces new hardware - but it's not the long-awaited Switch 2. No, instead the Japanese company is presenting a... Alarm clock? Nintendo's interactive bedside clock goes by the name of "Alarmo" and is designed to help you get out of bed more easily in the morning.

Get up with Nintendo sounds

Instead of generic and annoying alarm sounds, Alarmo features annoying alarm sounds from Nintendo games. The trailer for see features an alarm from "Super Mario Odyssey", in which melodies from the game and sound effects from collected coins are played. Also presented is an alarm from "Splatoon 3", in which fire volleys from weapons can be heard alongside music.

Control with motion sensor

The motion sensor is also used to track your movements while you sleep. When you get up, you can view statistics on the alarm clock to see how well you slept and how much you moved during the night.

Confirmed games and availability

That's all well and good, but I'd like an extra annoying alarm with a sat nav from "Ocarina of Time" that pulls me out of a deep sleep with hundreds of "Hey, Listen!"

But that's not all - Alarmo has even more sounds in store. The alarm clock offers a selection of relaxing sounds and melodies from Nintendo games that you can play to help you fall asleep. The alarm clock also has the option of chiming every hour - including a cool animation on the screen.

Alarmo is only available to subscribers of the "Nintendo Switch Online" plan until mid-January 2025.

Update 10.10.

Nintendo has published an extensive interview with the development team. In it, you can find out more about the background, prototypes and the technology used in Alarmo.

Domagoj Belancic

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Domagoj.Belancic@digitecgalaxus.ch

My love of video games was unleashed at the tender age of five by the original Gameboy. Over the years, it's grown in leaps and bounds.

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