ah what in the world was that maybe I can use my other both of my phones
exploded what on Earth will I do when I need to wake up in the morning aha
Nintendo has the answer the alarmo Nintendo sound clock also known as alarm
clock what obviously my first thought
when I saw the press release was what a weird thing for Nintendo to make right
but if you think about it Nintendo has made all kinds of things that are not
games and game consoles and an alarm clock far from the weirdest one let's
take a closer look I remember reading an interview about it where they said they
wanted it to look more friendly and less like a conventional alarm clock I'd say
they've probably achieved that you've got a couple little rubberized feed on
the bottom a USBC power port a Nintendo
logo on the back what looks like a speaker Grill is this the snooze button man that
is an enticing looking snooze button and the best part you don't even need to use
the snooze button it has a motion sensor and you can just gesture at it in order
to snooze we'll talk a little bit more about the motion sensor later but we've
also got a mail button and back button
let's get it set up Nintendo recommends pointing it toward the center of the bed
and having it no more than 8 in above the head of the sleeper this allows it
to use its motion sensor for a variety of things it can track when you are in
bed so the alarm won't go off if you're not home it can track your movement in
your sleep which Nintendo assures you is never sent back to Nintendo's servers
and it can allow you to silence or snooze your alarm by simply waving at it
from in the bed or getting up but there
is one small complication Belle if you
would if you happen to be a Nintendo customer who isn't a child which
Nintendo stubbornly refuses to acknowledge as a thing and you share
your bed with another person the motion controls won't work because as no way
knowing which person is I don't know waving at it or getting out of the bed
or doing whatever else but enough about what it can't do let's see what it can
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and like two other ones but you can download more and there's a little
tutorial here okay let's have a look we twist the knob we push the knob oh
that's fun select English yes the setting is okay
yes you can use the back button if you want to go back to the previous screen I
sure can English is still okay though and now it wants today's date
which in a world where time servers exist and this is a smart device feels a
little bass Awards but sure turn the dial to razor lower the
volume that is not a very loud alarm clock as someone who was a very sound
teenage sleeper place the clock on a flat surface then move your body left
and right okay uh all right Glenn things are about
to get a little complicated I think I get the
coins come on come on Mario get the
coins yeah we thought other alarm clocks were insufficient so we did
this did I get the coin I somehow got the coin okay the clock's motion sensor
can tell when you move your body try lying in bed and then press the
button for next how the hell am I supposed to do that do I need a helper
to set this thing up I mean I guess I probably have a parent to help me with it right CU I had sleep alone kids and
forever alone that's the Nintendo demographic there's two different modes
for the alarm it can either be at a constant volume or it can escalate and
apparently there's different characters that can show up to like try and Rouse
you if you're like snoozing it too many times
oh I have to keep moving sure next stop the Alarm by
getting out of bed I'm going to throw it for a loop I'm going to get out this
way hey all right it worked get back in bed
look at this thing you can't tell me what to do you're not my real dad
alarmo this is the most fun I've ever had setting up an alarm clock I will say
that okay that is one compl that I've seen about this thing there's only one
alarm time supported so you can't just like have multiple alarms for different
days of the week which um really
anyway Links at a campfire no way no question it's kind of
cute definitely cool but what I got to
know Belle how much does this thing
cost it costs $100 100
bucks I feel like there are a lot of different lenses I could look through
this from on the one hand $100 is very
expensive for functionality that you're literally holding in your pocket right
now on the other hand for a first-party Nintendo product I mean they've got
plastic statues that literally don't have anything in them this was probably
more work than an amiibo and like an amiibo I feel like it has more value as
a collectible than it does as a functional product though with that said
Nintendo did put a shocking amount of actual thought into it like they're
treating it like a real product even though they kind of didn't really have
to do that another cool thing and I don't take this for granted these days
is that no Nintendo account is required in order to use the product we did set
one up so that we could download new themes and stuff but you don't have to
which for a product that is clearly intended mostly for kids is a definite
plus Nintendo is not a perfect company but they are one that seems to take user
privacy at least reasonably seriously
beyond that there's not really much for me to say if you're the kind of person
who wants one of these you already know who you are and if you're the kind of person who thinks this is phenomenally
stupid you know who you are too and I know who I am I'm the guy who's going to
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