Nintendo has today unveiled Alarmo, an interactive alarm clock that will respond to your body’s movements by playing video game sounds, thanks to its motion sensor technology.
On its debut this week (initially just for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, before wider availability next year), users will be able to choose from a total of 35 different alarms across five Nintendo games. These sounds include Super Mario Odyssey’s coin noises, Splatoon 3’s ink splats and Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Parasail music, to name three.
More alarm options are also said to be on the way as free updates. As for turning it off, all you have to do is get up and out of bed. Nintendo does note that if there is more than one person in the bed, however, the alarm clock may get a little confused.
“Alarmo can’t detect a specific person, so if two or more people are sleeping in the same bed within range of the sensor, the alarm may stop when one person gets out of bed, but restart once it detects there is still someone in bed,” the team wrote. “The alarm will stop completely once everyone is out of bed.” There is a button mode, though, which may be handy (literally) for those times when it’s more than just you in the bed.
You can check out Alarmo’s reveal trailer below.
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo – Wake up to a world of games!