Editing Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo

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|release='''Early access:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|October 9, 2024<ref name=Japan>{{cite|date=October 9, 2024|url=https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/alarmo/index.html|title=ニンテンドーサウンドクロック Alarmo|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=October 9, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009130655/https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/alarmo/index.html}}</ref>|Europe|October 9, 2024<ref name=UK>[https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-000000000010013963 Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo]. ''My Nintendo Store UK''. Retrieved October 10, 2024.</ref>|USA|October 9, 2024<ref name=website>{{cite|date=October 9, 2024|url=https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-121311/|title=Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo™|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=October 9, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009202007/https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-121311/}}</ref>|Australia|November 13, 2024<ref name=Aus>[https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-expressions-of-interest.html Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo (Expressions of Interest)]. ''My Nintendo Store Australia''. Retrived October 10, 2024.</ref>}} '''Public release:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|October 9, 2024 (Nintendo NY); early 2025 (retailers)<ref>@NintendoAmerica (October 9, 2024). [https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1844001109427277942 "''Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is available online at My Nintendo Store and in person @NintendoNYC, and will become available at retailers in early 2025.''"] ''X''. Retrieved October 10, 2024.</ref>|Japan|October 10, 2024 (Nintendo Tokyo); mid-February 2025 (retailers)<ref name=Japan/>|Europe|Early 2025 (retailers)<ref name="FAQ UK"/>|Australia|March 2025 (My Nintendo Store)<ref name=Aus/>}}
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'''Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo''' (also formatted as '''Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo'''<ref name=website /> and referred to simply as '''Alarmo''')<ref name=website /> is an interactive alarm clock manufactured by [[Nintendo]]. It was revealed on Nintendo's social media accounts on October 9, 2024,<ref name=trailerNoA>{{cite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqWTkgDt6A|title=Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo — Announcement Trailer|author=Nintendo of America|publisher=YouTube|date=October 9, 2024}}</ref> and made available on the same day as an early-access purchase on the [[My Nintendo|My Nintendo Store]] exclusively to [[Nintendo Switch Online]] subscribers in Japan, North America, and Europe, and for registration for a chance to purchase in Australia. It was released to the public on the same day at [[Nintendo New York]] in North America and on the following day at Nintendo Tokyo in Japan,<ref name=Japan/> and is set to be released in other retailers in Japan,<ref name=Japan/> North America,<ref name=FAQ>[https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/66618/p/1094/c/898 Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo FAQ]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved October 10, 2024.</ref> and Europe<ref name="FAQ UK">[https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Support/Nintendo-Sound-Clock-Alarmo/Nintendo-Sound-Clock-Alarmo-FAQ-2674490.html Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo FAQ]. ''Nintendo UK''. Retrieved October 10, 2024.</ref> and on the My Nintendo Store to non-Nintendo Switch Online members in Australia<ref name=Aus/> in early 2025.

==Overview==
Alarmo uses a motion sensor to detect if the user is moving in bed or gets up. It has five themes based on Nintendo games, with at least two more set to be added in future updates. Two of the themes are based on games in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise: one based on ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' available at release, and one future theme based on ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. Music from the game chosen plays as the alarm. Using the Gentle Mode will make the music stay the same, but using the Steady Mode will make the music more intense if the user takes a long time to get out of bed. Moving in the bed will play sound effects from the game chosen. When the user gets out of bed after the alarm, a fanfare will play and the alarm music will end. It can also play calm sounds when the user goes to bed. Alarmo has an hourly chime where many Nintendo characters interact with the time. The user can also use Alarmo to track how long they were in bed for and their movements when they were asleep.<ref name=website/>

==Alarm clocks==
Alarmo features alarm clock themes for each of the five Nintendo games represented. The user can choose a game and one of seven alarms for each game, or have Alarmo choose one game or alarm at random each day. The clock's screen will display the time, date, and set alarm time on the main screen, themed after the selected game.

Each alarm represents a different scenario from the source game, playing the corresponding background music and playing sounds from characters or objects to try and wake up the user. When the alarm is ringing, when the user moves around in bed, sounds play that emulate the player acting in the scenario from the original game. After eight audible beats from moving, the alarm goes into a snoozed mode, or if the user stops moving before the threshold, the beats reset and the user has to start over. While in a snoozed mode, a lighter or quieter version of the music plays, with more subtle sounds playing when the user moves.

When the user leaves bed, Alarmo will play a fanfare that corresponds to the alarm scene set. If the user goes back to bed, the alarm will start ringing again after 30 seconds of no movement. If the user stays in bed for 20 minutes after the originally set time, the alarm is replaced with a more intense alarm from the source game; this alarm is the same regardless of which alarm from the game is set. The intenser alarm otherwise behaves the same.

Currently, Alarmo has alarms themed after ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]'', ''[[pikipedia:Pikmin 4|Pikmin 4]]'', ''[[inkipedia:Splatoon 3|Splatoon 3]]'', and ''[[nwiki:Ring Fit Adventure|Ring Fit Adventure]]''. Alarms from ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' and ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Horizons|Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]'' have been announced to be downloadable at a later date.<ref name=trailerNoA/>

===''Super Mario'' themed alarms===
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Two games from the ''Super Mario'' franchise are represented by Alarmo.

{| class=wikitable
! Game
! Release date
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
| October 9, 2024
|-
| ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
| TBA
|}

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
When set, the ''Super Mario Odyssey'' theme shows the time in the [[List of fonts#Modern Super Mario font|modern ''Super Mario'' typeface]]. The set alarm is shown within a sliver of the world map. [[Mario]] and [[Cappy]] walk around the screen, moving relative to where the user is located in front of the device. Between the set bedtime and the upcoming alarm, Mario lies on his back sleeping.

If the user has sleepy sounds enabled, Alarmo will play music from [[Moon Kingdom]]'s Honeylune Ridge for five minutes when the user goes to bed after the set bedtime.

The alarms are themed after the various kingdoms in the game.

{| class=wikitable
! #
! Alarm
! Description
|-
| 1.
| [[Chain Chomp]] at [[Cascade Kingdom|Fossil Falls]]
| 
|-
| 2.
| Meeting [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]]
| 
|-
| 3.
| Spinning Athletics as [[Yoshi]]
| 
|-
| 4.
| Speaking with the [[Seaside Kingdom|Bubblaine]] [[Sphynx]]
| 
|-
| 5.
| Exploring [[Lake Kingdom|Lake Lamode]]
| 
|-
| 6.
| [[Hammer Bro]]s. on [[Luncheon Kingdom|Mount Volbono]]
| 
|-
| 7.
| [[A Traditional Festival!|The New Donk City Festival]]
| 
|-
| 
| {{conjectural|[[Hat-to-Hat Combat]]}}
| 
|}

==Release==
In North America, Europe, and Japan, Alarmo was initially released for early access to [[Nintendo Switch Online]] members on the [[My Nintendo|My Nintendo Store]] on October 9, 2024. In Australia, members instead register for interest in the product through a two-round lottery system for a chance to pre-purchase it, with the product shipping on November 13, 2024. The first round ended on October 14, and the second on October 28.<ref name=Aus/> Due to high demand, the My Nintendo Store in Japan stopped sales of Alarmo and also switched to a lottery system.<ref name=Japan/> The My Nintendo Store in South Korea also opened applications for a lottery on October 10.<ref name=KR/>

Alarmo was released to the public on the same day as its online release in North America at [[Nintendo New York]] and on October 10 in Japan at Nintendo Tokyo.<ref name=Japan/> It will be released in standard retailers in early 2025 in North America<ref name=FAQ/> and Europe<ref name="FAQ UK"/> and mid-February 2025 in Japan,<ref name=Japan/> and on the My Nintendo Store to non-Nintendo Switch Online members in March 2025 in Australia.<ref name=Aus/>

==Gallery==
===Logos===
<gallery>
Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo JP logo.png|Japanese logo
Alarmo French logo.png|French logo
Alarmo Italian logo.png|Italian logo
</gallery>

===Box art===
<gallery>
Alarmo Box.jpg|North American box art
Alarmo IT Box.png|European box art
Alarmo JP Box art.png|Japanese box art
Alarmo Korean box art.jpg|Korean box art
</gallery>

===System===
<gallery>
Peach Alarmo.png
SMO Alarmo.jpg
Nintendo Sound Clock - Alarmo.png
Alarmo Blocks.png
</gallery>

===Artwork===
<gallery>
Bowser Emblem in Flames.png|Icon of [[Bowser]] used on the Japanese website
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ニンテンドーサウンドクロック アラーモ
|JapR=Nintendō Saundo Kurokku Arāmo
|JapM=Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo
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|FreE=Le réveil musical de Nintendo : Alarmo
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|Ita=Orologio sonoro Nintendo: Alarmo
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|Kor=닌텐도 사운드 클록 알라모
|KorR=Nintendo Saundeu Keullok Allamo
|KorM=Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo
|KorC=<ref name=KR>{{cite|date=October 9, 2024|url=https://www.nintendo.co.kr/news/article/5UaDw0zk7n0VyhiF70P6Eg|title=게임의 세계에서 눈을 뜨는 신기한 알람 시계, 「닌텐도 사운드 클록 알라모」 10월 10일(목) 부터 추첨 판매 개시!|publisher=nintendo.co.kr|accessdate=October 10, 2024|language=ko}}</ref>
}}

==Trivia==
*Promotional images of Alarmo either have the date set at October 9, the day of its announcement, or March 10, which is [[Mario Day]].

==References==
{{NIWA|Inkipedia=1|ZeldaWiki=Alarmo}}
{{wikipedia|Alarmo|Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo}}
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