Nintendo Alarmo looks like the delightfully fun smart alarm clock I didn't know I needed
Who needs a Switch 2 when you can have an Alarmo?
· TechRadarNews By Hamish Hector published 10 October 2024
Yesterday Nintendo announced a brand new piece of hardware, but it wasn’t the Nintendo Switch 2; instead it was a ‘Sound Clock’ called Alarmo which costs $99.99 / £89.99 (pricing and availability in some regions to be announced). No, I’m not kidding, and yes, I desperately want one.
Alarmo is a round alarm clock with a 2.8-inch LCD screen that shows you the date, time, and features a playful Nintendo character who reacts to things like the time, or how well you’ve responded to the alarm. When it’s time to wake up the clock will ring out with iconic Nintendo music like Jump up, Super Star! from Mario Odyssey.
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo – Announcement Trailer - YouTube
Where Alarmo seriously up its game over a regular alarm clock, however, is its in-built motion sensor. Alarmo can track your sleep movements during the night to help monitor your habits, and also respond to how quickly you wake up.
If you wave your hand towards Alarmo too many times to snooze your alarm, or delay getting up by just ignoring it, the music it plays will get louder and more intense – with the trailer showing it playing Bowser’s boss tune and displaying the Koopa King himself on-screen to persuade you to wake up.
When Alarmo detects you’ve actually got out of bed the Alarm will end, and Mario will celebrate with a quick fanfare and explosion of confetti. Alternatively, when you’re trying to fall asleep you and Mario can relax to Alarmo’s “Sleepy Sounds”
Not just Alar-Mario
While the red clock’s border invokes Nintendo’s iconic mascot Mario, the alarm clock can take musical and visual cues from across the company’s whole catalog including The Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, and Ring Fit Adventure (a fitness title you absolutely hadn’t forgotten about until just now).
And now I simultaneously want Alarmo to play that dread-inducing Guardian activation music cue from Breath of the Wild, and desperately hope it doesn’t.
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