Nintendo surprised the world with the company’s strangest product announcements in a decade. Alarmo is a Nintendo-branded alarm clock that uses familiar sounds and songs from the legendary developer’s library of classics. And while Alarmo isn’t the Switch successor most of the gaming world has been eagerly awaiting, the newest addition to Nintendo’s family of hardware was seemingly created with all the same outside-the-box charm its products are known for.
Alarmo isn’t just a functional alarm clock like the ones on most people’s nightstands. Alarmo has radio wave motion sensors to make getting out of bed in the morning totally interactive. As the alarm rings (with the user’s track of choice), it detects the user stirring in bed. As they move, sound effects like the chime of Mario collecting coins or the firing of a Splatoon squirtgun, play more frequently.
