Nintendo Alarmo

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About

The Nintendo Alarmo refers to an alarm clock created by Nintendo and announced in 2024. The Alarmo was designed with Nintendo graphics, sounds and songs from popular video games that the user could choose from to customize their alarm clock experience. In October 2024, Nintendo announced the Alarmo's release on social media platforms like Twitter / X and YouTube. It inspired viral memes and reactions upon its release. Many internet users and Nintendo fans joked about the price, which was roughly $100, and the fact that Nintendo announced an alarm clock instead of something more coveted like the rumored Nintendo Switch 2.

History

On October 9th, 2024, Nintendo announced the early access release of its new "Sound Clock" called Alarmo.^[1] In the company's announcement tweet^[2] from its Nintendo of America account, it described Alarmo as an "interactive alarm clock lets you set a time and select from 35 scenes from across 5 Nintendo titles."

The tweet also included a promo video for the product. In one day, the tweet received over 16.6 million views and 30,000 likes (shown below).

Wake up! Nintendo Sound Clock: #Alarmo is available for early access for Nintendo Switch Online members in the US and Canada! This interactive alarm clock lets you set a time and select from 35 scenes from across 5 Nintendo titles. More titles to be added later! pic.twitter.com/PzwoYn1xy3

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 9, 2024

Also on October 9th, Nintendo of America shared the Alarmo trailer to YouTube,^[3] amassing over 1.5 million views and 58,000 likes in a day.

On the Nintendo website,^[1] the product was priced at $99.99. The item was also only available for Nintendo Switch Online members.

Online Presence

On October 9th, 2024, the Nintendo Alarmo immediately became the subject of memes on Twitter / X and elsewhere online. For instance, on October 9th, X^[4] user @WeedleTwineedle tweeted a video of an alarm clock hitting a person, captioned, "My alarmo when it finds out I emulated pokemon black and white released over a decade ago," receiving over 118,000 likes in a day (shown below).

My alarmo when it finds out I emulated pokemon black and white released over a decade ago https://t.co/5YqzRh0nSX pic.twitter.com/ccSHO71NFJ

— WeedleTwineedle (@WeedleTwineedle) October 9, 2024

On October 9th, X^[5] user @stupjam shared fan art of Link waking up to the Alarmo clock with a The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild theme, captioning it, "open your eyes." The tweet received over 119,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Jokes about the Nintendo Alarmo also surfaced on Reddit. For instance, on October 9th, a since-deleted Redditor^[6] shared a Squidward's Lounge Chair meme to /r/memes that joked about "Nintendo releasing something new" but "It's a $100 alarm clock." The post gained over 3,600 upvotes in a day before being deleted (shown below).

Other memes surfaced on X that joked about the alarm clock's motion sensor. On October 9th, X^[7] user @devtesla pointed out that "according to the product page none of the motion sensor features here will work if you're sleeping with someone else. nintendo made an alarm clock for single people," receiving over 36,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Others on X riffed on the abovementioned idea, like X^[8] user @funnyvileplume on October 9th, 2024, who shared a meme about the main con of marriage being no more Alarmo, receiving over 46,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Reviews

On October 9th, 2024, some internet users shared product reviews of the Alarmo, showing its features. For instance, on the day, X^[9] user @_danpar shared a video of the clock's Pikmin animation, gaining over 4,100 likes in a day (shown below).

Here’s what the Pikmin alarm clock does at the top of the hour on Nintendo Alarmo. The number of Pikmin pulled out corresponds with the current hour pic.twitter.com/dpVUGvikf0

— Daniel (@_danpar) October 10, 2024

Also on October 9th, YouTuber^[10] BeatEmUps shared a review of the Alarmo, gaining over 116,200 views in a day (shown below).

Various Reactions

Recommended by @mememaster9000_! I would love to hear Wario in my ear every morning! #Wario #Alarmo #Dub #Impression https://t.co/ETqZvky3nh pic.twitter.com/qNBj08rPHV

— Shawnster (@ShawnsterYT) October 9, 2024

anyone do this yet? https://t.co/MlnEjpn6nM pic.twitter.com/z66HLYSs8p

— Bleech 🏳️‍⚧️ (@LesbrianGriffin) October 9, 2024

Alarmo will be the best alarm clock ever if they have this option for Zelda pic.twitter.com/Rch4jHywjR

— TheNCSmaster (@TheNCSmaster) October 9, 2024