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Nintendo Releases Update for Alarmo Clock

By Carley Garcia

Published Oct 10, 2024

Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator for over a decade, she has worked largely in the pop culture sphere. In May 2020, she joined the team at OTAQUEST, specializing in lesser-known aspects of Japanese pop culture, rambling about retro games, forgotten anime series, and Tokyo’s indie musicians in her first official paid gig as a staff writer. She has continued to share her love for gaming by contributing hundreds of articles to sites such as Siliconera, PC Gamer, and VGKAMI.

Carley spends her free time gaming with her husband, scoping out breweries and wineries, playing with her cat Momo, and writing self-indulgent fanfiction. She prefers lore-heavy RPGs and walking sims and has only played Dragon Age: Inquisition 14 times. Her favorite Final Fantasy game is all of them.

Summary

A day-one patch for the Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo has been released.
The $99 alarm clock was announced this week and includes a selection of music and sounds from popular titles like Splatoon 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
The new update adds a new mode and Records feature, along with some stability improvements.

Following the surprise announcement and subsequent release of the Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo this week, the company has announced a day-one update for the device. As fans are eager to hear more about the successor to the Switch, Nintendo dropped the entirely unexpected piece of hardware this week, offering gamers a new way to start their day.

The Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo was revealed on October 9, with a listing on Nintendo of America's website showing off the many features of the unique alarm clock. The $99 device plays music and sounds from popular Nintendo titles to help players get up in the morning, even detecting movement and shutting off when a person has actually gotten out of bed. Currently, the clock includes 35 different sounds and songs from five popular Nintendo titles: Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 3, Pikmin 4, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Ring Fit Adventure. Following the device's launch, a day-one patch has been released, with more updates coming in the future.

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The Version 2.0.0 patch for the Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo has been released, bringing with it a new feature and mode along with some helpful options and stability improvements. Moderate Mode will wake users up with softer nostalgic Nintendo music and sounds that will become louder and louder the longer it takes to get out of bed. If a person takes longer than 20 minutes to leave their bed after the initial alarm time, the sound will transition to a "hurry-up" state. This new mode joins Gentle Mode, which features soft sounds and no "hurry-up" state, and Firm Mode, which only features loud music and sounds for those who need a little extra help waking up.

Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo Version 2.0.0 Patch Notes

Added Moderate Mode as a new mode option.
Added Movement Records as a new Records feature.
- This data will automatically display in Records if you go to bed within your set bedtime.
- You can set this to On or Off in the Records menu on the clock.
The clock's distance from the bed can now be set to 50cm max for King/Super King size beds.
When a sensor zone check is run, an estimated position of movement will now be displayed.
General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

The device will also keep track of a person's habits in the morning with its Records feature. The Movement Records feature added in the day-one update will track a person's movements and show applicable data automatically if a person goes to bed around their set bedtime. Additionally, the Alarmo can now be set further away from the user, at up to 50cm max distance. This should be helpful for those with King beds, allowing the device to function as expected. While this update is on the practical side, more relaxing Nintendo music and sounds will be added in future updates, including selections from Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

While the Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo wasn't the piece of hardware fans expected from Nintendo, it's certain to bring some joy to fans of the company's beloved franchises. More news about the Nintendo Switch 2 is expected before the conclusion of the company's current fiscal year, which ends in 2025.

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Nintendo is a Japanese video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. While producing highly popular hardware consoles like the Switch, the company is known for its many first party video game franchises like Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem, Pokemon, and many more.

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