Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo™
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You can download the animal crossing stuff for the clock with the NOS.
I just think the news is so hilarious. I kinda love it when Nintendo does something goofy like this because it throws everyone off.
As for the actual product, I feel like this is something that could have been an app on the following console. The Switch already has a motion sensor and a lot of people game in their bedrooms. I'm actually for having an alarm/reminder system on the Switch itself because I like the feature for Ring Fit. Additionally, it could be its own app like Pokemon Sleep.
I've also seen a twitter thread from someone using the clock and it's incredibly finicky. You need to have it a certain distance from your bed, which means you may need a bedside table. It needs to face you a certain way or else it won't work correctly. The LED screen is a rectangle, not circle shaped. The end product feels very underbaked.
It was very funny and I love memeing about it, but yeah, not buying.
As for the actual product, I feel like this is something that could have been an app on the following console. The Switch already has a motion sensor and a lot of people game in their bedrooms. I'm actually for having an alarm/reminder system on the Switch itself because I like the feature for Ring Fit. Additionally, it could be its own app like Pokemon Sleep.
I've also seen a twitter thread from someone using the clock and it's incredibly finicky. You need to have it a certain distance from your bed, which means you may need a bedside table. It needs to face you a certain way or else it won't work correctly. The LED screen is a rectangle, not circle shaped. The end product feels very underbaked.
It was very funny and I love memeing about it, but yeah, not buying.
Animecafe102
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I think it's too expensive tbh, and idk it just doesn't seem that great to me. Like it's cute but not $100 cute lol
Captain Jigglypuff
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Captain Jigglypuff
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After seeing someone on YouTube trying out Alarmo, I’m slightly more intrigued but the price is one of the things making me not want to get it right now. If the price drops or it goes on sale and I have the money on me then maybe I’ll get. The other issue is the location I HAVE to put the clock in my bedroom. The easiest outlet that I could put it is in a location that probably won’t work because it’s at the end of my bed and the only other place is the dresser and I need an USB plug and the outlet is far from the dresser and is about two feet away right next to the light switch.
lasagne_of_death
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Definitely not. It's kind of stupid, as you can set whatever sound you want on your phone alarm. If it's marketed towards younger kids, why is there a BoTW theme? It's a money grab that 100% isn't worth it. Also I'm not interested in motion sensors. So, what? You're going to sense the way I'm moving instead of giving me a big button to attack for waking me up from my precious sleep? Not for me at all.
Captain Jigglypuff
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My dad is giving me $200 for Christmas and even that isn’t enough motivation for me to get Alarmo. The concept is interesting and I do like the idea of Nintendo characters moving whenever you do but the cost is ridiculous and the things you must do to get it to work properly is ridiculous as well. I don’t have a nightstand and the small desk that I use as one isn’t right next to the side of my bed. It’s at the foot of my bed. I’m not rearranging my entire room for a clock!
ezcrossing
"Just let me be a kid again"
I REALLY hope they add the animal crossing sounds and music soon.
I heard its $100 and my mom's giving me $100 but I don't know if I'd wanna waste my money on that... maybe i could just put it on my Christmas list.
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if alarmo has animal crossing sounds and music I'm buying it!
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I heard its $100 and my mom's giving me $100 but I don't know if I'd wanna waste my money on that... maybe i could just put it on my Christmas list.
Captain Jigglypuff
Leader of the Jigglypuff Army
And at least with the phone, it doesn’t track your movement and work incorrectly if you are married and share a bed or let you pets sleep with you. That’s what I don’t get. Alarmo has motion sensors so good that they tell if you don’t get out of bed long enough to turn off the alarm but can’t figure out what to do if someone else is in the bed with you?
It seems that the target audience for this is children, so they hopefully wouldn’t be sharing a bed with anyone. The pets, though… That might be a bit glitchy.
Captain Jigglypuff
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If it’s supposed to be for kids then why were all the users in the announcement video adults? Why not one user who is implied to be a high schooler?
Holla
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At first I wasn’t sure and I get a lot of people saying it’s for kids, but for me as an adult who has always struggled to wake up in the mornings this clock has been a game changer. Though yes it is overpriced in my opinion 100%.
Despite all the different songs to choose from I always have it set to the same one. Salmon Run from Splatoon 3 as I’m big into that gamemode so the sounds are perfect for me. Also having to wave my arm around to “snooze” is great as it keeps me from fully going right back to sleep which is what would happen with a regular alarm or even a phone for me. Then once the hurry up music starts (salmon run boss) I know it’s time to get up proper.
Also the sleepy sounds are really relaxing to wind down to when going to bed.
Oh also you can turn tracking sleep movements off so I’ve done that for those who don’t know.
I know I’m a rare exception for someone who this clock is for. Myself and a friend of mine (also an adult) are the only ones I know have to have benefited from using this clock.
Despite all the different songs to choose from I always have it set to the same one. Salmon Run from Splatoon 3 as I’m big into that gamemode so the sounds are perfect for me. Also having to wave my arm around to “snooze” is great as it keeps me from fully going right back to sleep which is what would happen with a regular alarm or even a phone for me. Then once the hurry up music starts (salmon run boss) I know it’s time to get up proper.
Also the sleepy sounds are really relaxing to wind down to when going to bed.
Oh also you can turn tracking sleep movements off so I’ve done that for those who don’t know.
I know I’m a rare exception for someone who this clock is for. Myself and a friend of mine (also an adult) are the only ones I know have to have benefited from using this clock.
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Holla
Happy ‘Holla’days! 🎄
Understandable and something I’ve heard many times. True Splatoon fans though (such as myself) don’t mind the shooting noise at all. Hard to believe I know, but yeah the Splatoon options are best used by fans of the series anyone else will probably just hate it.
Captain Jigglypuff
Leader of the Jigglypuff Army
I always have YouTube playing on my tv as I sleep. Sometimes the videos actually influence my dreams. So I would imagine Alarmo would do the same thing.
Cirice
Galaxolotl with a lunar sheen
I've seen some review of the product already and while I was mostly interested in the Ring Fit Adventure sounds (and Jump Up Superstar), seeing how the quotes from Ring are absolutely random while you're in bed and not sleep / waking up related was what made me dislike the item. Also I play RFA with the female voice for Ring, I don't know if that's an option in the clock but the test I saw used the male voice anyway.
In the end, if I want to wake-up with motivational RFA sounds, I can just get one of the tunes into my phone and use it as an alarm.
