Nintendo of America announced that it's opened purchases of the game-themed alarm clock, Alarmo, to the public so anyone can snag one, with or without a Switch Online membership.The bright red alarm clock comes with a handful of built-in themes to choose from at the start — , , ,and— and Nintendo says others, including and , will be available for free down the line.Alarmo will also be sold in select stores starting in March, as well as online in other regions.Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo$100 at NintendoAlarmo first went on sale back in October, but only for Nintendo Switch Online members.
That changed on Friday, when the company announced, “Nintendo Sound Clock: #Alarmo is now available on My Nintendo store, no Nintendo Switch Online membership required.”Nintendo Sound Clock: #Alarmo is now available on My Nintendo store, no Nintendo Switch Online membership required.Available while supplies last.Learn more: https://t.co/0EkqZJ9X5A pic.twitter.com/1Wwd96hQyx— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 14, 2025Alarmo can wake you up and put you to sleep with sounds and animations from your chosen title, and it has a motion sensor for sleep tracking (though Engadget’s review found the latter to be pretty useless).
There’s an undeniable charm to it all; the characters will even celebrate when you finally drag yourself out of bed.The downside is that it costs $100.Still, I can’t say the idea of having a troupe of Pikmin greet me first thing every morning isn’t extremely tempting.