Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo?
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is an interactive alarm clock that’s designed to make waking up fun and add some Nintendo ambience to your home. It uses motion sensor technology to respond to your movements, and features scenes from a variety of Nintendo games.
Where can I buy Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo? Do I need to be a Nintendo Switch Online member?
- Any Nintendo Switch Online member can currently purchase Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo early at the My Nintendo Store.
- Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo will be available at retailers in early 2025, with no Nintendo Switch Online membership required.
Once Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo expands into other retail locations, exactly which stores will it be sold in?
Please check your local retailers once the availability of Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo expands in early 2025.
Which regions will Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo be available in?
- For information on which countries My Nintendo Store delivers to, please check the My Nintendo Store website.
Does Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo work with Nintendo Switch or the successor system in any way?
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is a standalone product and does not interact with other devices.
Will Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo work with any size bed? And what if the user shares the bed with another person or a pet? Can it track more than one sleeper?
- Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo can be used with any bed size.
- Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo has a motion sensor that detects movement. If there’s something else within range of the motion sensor that moves (such as a pet or an electric fan), Alarmo may confuse its movements with the user’s, leading the alarm to continue sounding even after the user has gotten out of bed. In these cases, the dial can be pressed to manually stop the alarm.
- Alarmo can’t detect a specific person, so if multiple people are sleeping in the same bed within range of the sensor, the alarm may stop when one person gets out of bed, but restart once it detects there is still someone in bed. The alarm will stop completely once everyone is out of bed.
- In the above situations, users can switch to Button Mode, which does not use the motion sensor and instead lets users operate Alarmo with button controls, just like a regular alarm clock.
What other games or characters will be incorporated into upcoming themes?
New scenes will be added from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons sometime after the release of Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo.
Will it be possible to add additional features or content?
- Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo users can link their Nintendo Account and use the device’s built-in Wi-Fi to download select content.
- A day-one update adds an additional alarm, called Moderate Mode, and the ability for Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo to track a sleeper’s movement. In the future, scenes from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be added as free updates.
- Regarding plans for future content beyond the day-one update and the already-announced addition of scenes from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, we have nothing to announce.
How do you power Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo? Does it contain a chargeable battery?
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo must be connected to a power source, using the included USB cable and an AC adapter (not included). It retains the current time using a backup battery in case of a power outage.
Is this a limited-time or limited-edition product?
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is not a limited-time or limited-edition product.
What about user privacy? Will Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo share any user data?
No user data is shared from Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo. The Wi-Fi connection is used to sync the device to time on the internet, allow users to link their Nintendo Account, download additional scenes for free, and download any firmware updates when they are distributed.
Is there a camera in Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo?
No, there is no camera in Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo. Sleepers are tracked without any camera-based monitoring.