Nintendo has announced Alarmo, a Sound Alarm Clock

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Nintendo got to be trolling us lol
 
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One people still have alarm clocks ?

Two just use an echo or phone

This is what Nintendo management came up with ? So holding onto Switch 2 for like 2 years and dropping an alarm clock like it's 1987. Makes me worried for Switch 2 because management seems retarded.
 
cryptoadam said:
One people still have alarm clocks ?

Two just use an echo or phone

This is what Nintendo management came up with ? So holding onto Switch 2 for like 2 years and dropping an alarm clock like it's 1987. Makes me worried for Switch 2 because management seems retarded.
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I have a clock radio to listen to late night talk radio, which puts me to sleep. I got into the habit when Art Bell had his Coast to Coast show. Every night, I was lulled to sleep by his duclet tones and when the interesting interviews/stories came on, I stayed up way too late. I listened to the guy flying into Area 51 live and many of the other classics. Cozy times. Miss them.

Nothing gets me out of bed faster than waking up to morning news and traffic reports. So It does double duty as a "white noise" machine and terrorize wake up.
 
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Missed opportunity for a Pokemon Sleep collab. Not really sure who this is for or why anyone would want it but to each their own I guess.
 
Tapped said:
Missed opportunity for a Pokemon Sleep collab. Not really sure who this is for or why anyone would want it but to each their own I guess.
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Wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't one of the early "dlc" themes they mention.
 
Tapped said:
Missed opportunity for a Pokemon Sleep collab. Not really sure who this is for or why anyone would want it but to each their own I guess.
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Nintendo is all about branding and merchandising. It's not such a weird thing for them to sell imo

It's the sort of thing an aunt would buy their 9 year old nephew because literally the only thing she knows about his interests is that he has a Nintendo Switch.

Plus they're literally conditioning you to wake up and go to sleep to sounds and songs from their brands. It's kinda Pavlovian.
 
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WesternBlood said:
Does it come with Subpoena's for Patent Infringements?

Btw way, Nintendo got the Splat sound effects from this guy:

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Scent marking is used by maras for complex and intense social interactions. Maras stretch and sniff the soil and then sit upright with an arched back and the anogenital area flattened to the ground, a process known as anal digging. In addition, a male stands on his hind legs and urinates on a female's rump, to which the female responds by spraying a jet of urine backwards into the face of the male. The male's urination is meant to repel other males from his partner, while the female's urination is a rejection of any approaching male when she is not receptive. Both anal digging and urination are more frequent during the breeding season and are more commonly done by males.

What fascinating creatures, much more interesting than an alarm clock.
 
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DonDonDonPata said:
Nintendo is all about branding and merchandising. It's not such a weird thing for them to sell imo

It's the sort of thing an aunt would buy their 9 year old nephew because literally the only thing she knows about his interests is that he has a Nintendo Switch.

Plus they're literally conditioning you to wake up and go to sleep to sounds and songs from their brands. It's kinda Pavlovian.
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That was my first thought but then I realised it's $100 and you need an active NSO subscription to buy it.
 
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Tapped said:
That was my first thought but then I realised it's $100 and you need an active NSO subscription to buy it.
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The clock is 100$

No way.

That thing looks like you could buy it on TEMU for 3.99$

Who da fuq is paying 100$ for a fn alarm clock in 2024. Does it even have a radio on it ?

If this is the direction Nintendo leadership is going in it's very concerning for Switch 2. Even spending 10$ and 5 minutes developing this is a waste of time....

And watch it sell 100 million units in Japan or some shit.
 
Depending what themes this gets (and assuming they are free) I might actually pick this up when its on sale.
 
What is ironic is that nintendo fanboys who are shitting on Sony for the ps5 pro pricing will buy this teemu clock for 100$
 
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Responds to your body's movement with game sounds? (0:41) We need a married/partnered/bonk D-Padder to buy one of these and find out which sounds come out during lovemaking. I'd be very disappointed if the Mario level complete music didn't play:

 
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I would've been on this when I was 10, so I could see kids digging it. Also, a hundred bucks is about $40 more than it should be IMO. Really kinda wondering why this isn't just an app for Switch.
 
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I think it's clever! and I like Nintendo as a player in health spaces as a counterbalance to the amazon/google data-driven hellscape… the motherfuckers trying to figure out how to play ads in your dreams and narc on you to insurance companies.

Waking up to an alarm is pretty awful and spikes your cortisol. The idea of a more gentle wakeup, rewarding motion with fun sfx, and turning off without touching is awesome.

I think it would be great for fussy kids (and adults) who really dread waking up to alarms. Fancy alarms with gentle wake-up, white-noise, sleep tracking, etc., are expensive and have complicated setupI, so there's definitely a market for this… idea. Not sure the vin diagram overlap with Jump Up Superstar.

If they made a "WiiFit" alarm with generic pleasant sounds, I might bite. The noise candy from Mario, Splatoon, etc., sounds like programming lol

tl;dr solid and clever idea, but limited audience
 
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Scent marking is used by maras for complex and intense social interactions. Maras stretch and sniff the soil and then sit upright with an arched back and the anogenital area flattened to the ground, a process known as anal digging. In addition, a male stands on his hind legs and urinates on a female's rump, to which the female responds by spraying a jet of urine backwards into the face of the male. The male's urination is meant to repel other males from his partner, while the female's urination is a rejection of any approaching male when she is not receptive. Both anal digging and urination are more frequent during the breeding season and are more commonly done by males.

What fascinating creatures, much more interesting than an alarm clock.
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Man those fellas know how to party. That'd cost you an arm and a leg in Vegas.
 
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That was my first thought but then I realised it's $100 and you need an active NSO subscription to buy it.
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Initially release only NSO online store or Nintendo store in NYC which doesn't require membership. Before nationwide rollout!
 
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I've reached the point where this just doesn't amaze me anymore. It's more a case that it's so easy to throw a generalized CPU in these things that is, of course, much more powerful than the PC we were playing Doom on 30 years ago. Do they even make CPUs that are 100 MHz anymore?? Probably not. lol
 
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