Round Up: The First Impressions Of The Nintendo Sound Clock 'Alarmo' Are In

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Nintendo's new sound clock device 'Alarmo' is now available in select locations around the world and the first impressions have already gone live.

If you are curious to know a little more - even after everything Nintendo has revealed, we've put together this brief round up highlighting a few outlets that have already tested it out. So here's the rundown so far...

We'll start off with The Verge discussing the setup process, but also admitting it's "very cute":

"That setup routine is actually quite lengthy and might prove to be a bit much for a child. You choose the date and time, of course, but you’re also led through configuring the clock’s motion-detection features, which takes a bit of time, and I didn’t see any way of skipping it. Alarmo’s millimeter-wave presence sensor works with bed sizes ranging from twin to king, and the screen is meant to face the middle of your bed... Is this thing absurdly expensive for what it is? Certainly. But for its demographic, it’s very cute, and there are small, thoughtful Nintendo touches throughout the experience — and I’ve barely dug in."

CNET was also able to get this new device 'day one'. It shared some fun facts while noting how it seems like an expansion of the NIntendo brand:

"If you want to keep yourself surprised in the morning, you can randomize it between one game's wake-up sounds or randomize it to switch to any of the alarms available. There's also sleep tracking. All the motion sensors also help keep a record of how much you move around in your sleep, and the records are kept for one year... In a lot of ways, this clock almost sounds like the type of product Disney would sell. With Nintendo already having retail stores, movies and theme parks, maybe that's the point. $100 is a lot for a novelty gift, but this also looks like a smart device that will actually update over time."

If we see any other first impressions of this new Nintendo device, we'll add them to this round up here. In case you missed it, this clock has also received a day one update, bumping the firmware up to Version 2.0.0.

Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo - Nintendo Official Site

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Are you sold on this new clock from Nintendo? Let us know in the comments.

About Liam Doolan

Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. He's also got a soft spot for Sonic the Hedgehog.

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I do like the aesthetic of the Alarmo's own UI quite a bit. Hoping we see a bit of that at play with the Switch successor - would also be cool if the idea of themes directly themed around games, even pulling from their UIs, is carried over too

@PikaPhantom I'm imagining everyone getting angry that the Switch still doesn't have themes but the $100 alarm clock does. It's hilarious.

Are there any comparisons with similar products on the market?

Is it wrong that I really, really, really want this lol, like really bad?!

My definition of success is a life without alarms.

@Snatcher I think it’s a neat idea. I wouldn’t mind having one myself either.

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