You know what? I get to the news late all the time anyway, if he creates a Switch 2 announcement by leaving for a day off, I say he takes his day off fully, and makes a reaction whenever he wants, I'll probably only catch on once Arlo uploads anyway. It's just a day, it really doesn't matter to be like, a day late.
Hey, Arlo. Please don’t forget that (iirc) you started this channel to enjoy making more quick fun videos with less commitment. Make sure this doesn’t become another source of potential stress. Please do take care of yourself. Being ASAP on a topic is not worth your health. You need to take breaks to be well. If God had a day for rest so we definitely need one too haha
"If God had a day for rest so we definitely need one too haha" I am not religious but I've always made Sunday off-limits to work demands because "even God gets Sunday off."
Yep. My alarm sound used to be a background theme from a show I like. Now I can never watch the show again because hearing that theme immediately sends my brain into panic mode.
@@Buckeye_Bill Alas, I too bought one because of that bit, and by the time I started to calculate in 'Wait, I am full grown adult,' or 'This doesn't correspond to my aesthetic sensibilities,' or 'It would be nice to have romance in my life,' it had already shipped, so TOO LATE NOW LET'S GO
@@ledojaeger7474 My wife is extremely cool with the fact that I still play video games, but picturing her look of amusement as I wake up to, "Wake up, Link," DEFINITELY contributed to the temptation passing quickly. 🤣
I really think focusing marketing on the sleep features was the wrong way to go. I can think of several other ways I would enjoy this product, like using it as an alarm for cooking or productivity breaks. Even just walking into the room and seeing my cute little clock with my favorite Nintendo character on it running around or hearing a fun, noninvasive sound that chimes at the top of the hour would be nice. Also hysterical that the sleep features do NOT work with more than one person in the bed. Nintendo is making a strong assumption about their market 😂
Yeah, and considering there's already the Pokémon Sleep app... This feels like Nintendo thinking it was such a huge sucess they wanted one without having to share the profits with the other 2 companies. I can't think of any other explanation for it.
@@Bane_Amestawell, yeah, i definitely get the feeling that nintendo developed those fearures for pokemon sleep and wanted to get more use out of it. Not necessarily in a cynical way, just in a "we put all this effort into makjng this thing, maybe we can get some use out of it in another form since pokemon sleep wasnt that successful?"
Yup. That's what I want to go to sleep to at night. The sounds of a Waterwraith just completely crushing dozens of Pikmin and their tiny cries of agony.
those splatoon gun noises would 100% just integrate into whatever dream i'm having and would turn it into a splatoon-related nightmare where i'm being shot at. what on earth
Ringfit being a theme instead of Animal Crossing is probably the biggest oversight I'll see all month. A device centered around sleep and quality of life and you don't choose the cozy, gentle game that people literally fall asleep to?
Tbf, Animal Crossing will be added in the future. But someone pointed out that the line from Ring fit they showed: "I knew these guys would get in here!" IS NOT what you want to hear half asleep in your bedroom 😂
Right? Like, I enjoyed Ringfit for over a year and still sometimes play it, but it didn't quite achieve that icon status unfortunately. Idk, the sound design didn't hit as well as I feel it could have
I feel like the commercial was certainly recorded without any of the soundeffects. i dont believe for a second that anyone wakes up with a big smile on their face while this constant coin soundeffect blares right beside them.
7:16 exactly! I used to use the Mario DSi alarm out of necessity, and I STILL get PTSD when i hear the Mario Bros water theme or the Star theme, because those were the alarms I used. Even now years after I stopped using it, I still associate those melodies with stress and anxiety. So when I saw this "alarmo" thing I was like "no way am I getting that."
I’m in the same boat. When I first started using my phone as an alarm clock I made the mistake of using songs I liked as alarms. Once I realized I’d pavlov’d myself and ruined something I liked, I had to be more careful about my choices.
You and me both; I also unfortunately needed to rely on the same Mario clock for years to get up at 3am for work, and the first opening notes of the underwater theme to this day just catches my attention and triggers such an raw, unpleasant response in my brain. Never use music you enjoy to torture yourself out of bed :v
@@Cubeytheawesome according to a lot of people, yes, but apparently there isnt information that 100% confirms this or 100% denies this from ever being a thing
@@Cubeytheawesome nope. for one, love hotels are hotels designed with privacy and... *ahem*, intimacy in mind. and two, these came after the hanafuda cards but before video games
Ok. THANK YOU for making me not be alone in the whole “noises you wake up to make you hate them” thing. I’ve been calling that the “alarm clock” effect because hearing anything that comes from waking me up in the morning just gets me extremely angry, and I thought that was too specific for me to mention when this got announced. I thought I was the only one thinking this way, and I’m glad to not be alone
@@justanotherbadasswithamust8629 I’ve talked about this whole “alarm clock effect” I’ve experienced with other people and nobody else has related. So that’s why I felt alone on this issue
Yeah, I definitely get where you’re coming from but I also don’t think this is a universal thing Idk maybe it’s just how my sleep cycle works with it waking me up around the same time as my alarm, and my alarm just being a reminder to “get out of bed” rather than “wake up”
Ya I was so excited when I got an iPod touch alarm clock so I could wake up to my favorite songs... It's years later and I still have a fight or flight response whenever those songs start playing
When the night time has passed and you get off your ass that's Alarmo... When you hear a loud whine and some coin sounds that chime that's Alarmo... When your plumber's asleep and the morning sun weeps that's Alarmo... You'll hear soon: Splat-tat-tat-tat-toon, Splat-tat-tat-tat-toon. Once again that's Alarmo!
To be honest any alarm clock is for single people if you both get up at different times. I would not be happy with someone in the same bed as me setting an alarm clock before I get up.
Guys. Pretty sure their main demographic are underage? Dunno what kids gonna convince their parents to spend on it tho. Also a lot of couples sleep in different rooms for other reasons too.
I know from experience, any song you set as your alarm will slowly become grating and irritating the longer you use it. There are songs that I just don't enjoy listening to anymore because I made the mistake of using them for my alarm. Having your sleep disrupted (even if its something you willingly choose to do) is the best way to make you hate the thing associated with it.
11:45 Maybe this is why Nintendo felt confident in releasing an alarm clock? I don't know everything about Japanese culture but maybe waking up there is less of a miserable time of day compared to the west; so having a bit of Nintendo charm to accompany your "rise and shine" just feels better there.
I totally get why you don't like it, but I'm definitely the kind of person this is for! I put my phone alarm on the other side of my room, but I still somehow end up turning it off in my sleep😂
Can you imagine the "lingering too long in bed" noise being a guardian that is getting louder and louder? Talk about anxiety inducing! Also my cats would KO that thing into a water dish in two seconds flat. Lol
I can see it now: Your Alarmo will be able to connect to your Switch 2, in a similar manner to an Amiibo. But instead of simply giving a bonus as is, you'll need to earn Alarmo points by maintaining a consistent sleep cycle.
nope, from nintendo's faq for the alarmo: "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."
Oh! One thing that would probably work really well with this concept is splatoon's main theme "jam/practice sessions". Extended mixes that slowly ramp up as you play longer/progress more. I think things like that might be able to sidestep a lot of the anxiety for some people, starting with like a lead, adding some bass, and getting more and more Jammin as you wake up. Songs that work like that would be perfect, honestly.
Good idea, but Instead of music, I wonder if at least for the Mario and Zelda theme if there could be voice acting. Idk I think it’d be cute to have characters like Mario or Zelda greet you in the morning as your alarm. Just a nice little “gooda morning” or “time to get up sleepyhead” before then getting more concerned calls to wake up until you sit up. Then when you sit up they congratulate you and wish a good day. Idk that just sounds lovely. It’s like my parents waking me up when I forgot to back when I was a younger kid ig.
@@staticaleel5068 exactly. + Gentle voice from someone is a lot harder to despise or induce anxiety in someone, compared to a static sound effect/the literal sound of gunshots
I normally set 12 alarms on my phone, 15 minutes apart, each set to go off 5 times (1 minute apart), each with a different ringtone and announcing the time. Waking up is hard...
I did pretty much the same exact thing, but the alarms are all voice recordings of myself screaming "GET UP IDIOT" It only works about 5 percent of the time...
10-year-old me would have wet myself in excitement over this. I was oddly into clocks at that age along with Nintendo. The perfect storm for childhood me.
I learned pretty quickly back when I was in school that you should NOT set your alarm to a song you like, because any time hearing the song afterwards will trigger your fight-or-flight
Goes to show that despite how evil corporate Nintendo is, at least it doesn’t bleed into their products for the most part. The executive side of Nintendo deserves all the criticism in the world but the creative side of the company seems pretty chill
In Nintendo's defense, every lawsuit they've brought has resulted in people pretty much having to take a step back and say something like "well, _legally_ it makes sense, it doesn't feel good but they kinda have to..." The only exception I can think of, where you just go "c'mon, guys, this is just predatory", is the Palworld debacle, where Nintendo got sore about being shown up on one of their stagnant franchises and swung the lawyer bat.
@@SimuLordif you think that’s what Nintendo did for palworld then u need to educate yourself that’s not how it works at all Palworld clearly broke the law and Nintendo is going after something specific
@@SimuLord Pokémon has always been innovating and changing things up so I wouldn’t say predictable Predictability isn’t the samething as tradition They have always experimented with new concepts and mechanics Like breeding,natures,abilities, following pokemon, overworld encounters, physical special split, mega evolution,Zmoves, gigantamax/dynamax amie/refresh/camping, even motion controls from let’s go do these features not count as evolving/progressing are these things not ambitious? The restructuring of the traditional Pokémon format by having the third legendary as the main focus not to mention being the first Pokémon games ever to do DLC and the regional evolutions Also the various QoL stuff even having dynamax and gigantamax and you would not have SV without the wild area all of these new ideas and things for the franchise Are these not ambitious I mean all these things have changed the franchise in substantial ways Every generation offers something ambitious is replacing gyms with trials not ambitious? Or making the galar league a tournament like the anime instead of a traditional elite four is that not ambitious Sure none of them have ever been this super drastic But to say it’s “not innovating” is a bit disingenuous Has the steps in previous games been a bit smaller I mean sure But baby steps and even medium steps is still progression Why do we count this and not those Shouldn’t it all count? Some of these things maybe temporary but they are still creative and ambitious and drastically change the course of the franchise so they count Calling it “stagnant” is disingenuous
I will write in the history books that Arlo predicted a Nintendo device that detects your motion to show a clock with Nintendo characters playing on it
Honestly, I'm kind of with you as far as thinking this would cause more of an anxiety response than anything. Actually, my immediate response was, "Great, a product to classically condition me to hate the sounds of my favorite games!" Because let's face it: that's kind of just how alarms work. You start associating the sound with having to drag yourself out of bed against your will, and it starts to cause almost a miniature fight-or-flight response. So it strikes me as strange that Nintendo, a company that is so protective of its IPs, would want to condition people to dread the sounds of their games in that way.
I agree with you. Sounds like torture to me. I used to think sprinkling video game sounds into my life would be a silly little thing but the association is terrible. For a while I had the metal gear codec ring as my ringtone and my phones timer noise and even years later I haven’t disassociated it fully. I replayed MGS1 about a year ago and every time I got a call i legitimately reached for my phone to silence the alarm or answer my phone. Don’t care if they shove metroid, mother, fire emblem, or any of my other favorite Nintendo games into it. If I get woken up by a missle expansion inquisition or pk starstorm Nintendo’ll be dead to me from that point onward Now, if they *really* wanted to make a product that improves sleep quality via the world of Nintendo- make a little screen on my nightstand and every time it sees me get into or out of bed have it display a (silent) good morning/goodnight message featuring Nintendo characters. My quality of life would improve tenfold I think if Mr Saturn wished me well every night. Hire me Nintendo
The fact it has unique hardware that give the software cool functionality, then it's limited to 5 presets and you can't make custom ones without modding it.
Legend has it the Nintendo Clock was actually the first product to begin development when Nintendo was founded in 1889, but the hanafuda cards made it out the door first and it was put on the backburner. The rest is history.
So far Nintendo have apps and gadgets for when to sleep, when to wake up, when to brush your teeth, how much to exercise, how much you weigh, how far to walk. Just waiting for Mario Teaches Hydration, Breathe Of The Wild and Pokemon Poop.
I like the idea of an alarm clock that stops when you actually get out of bed. I'm in a bad habit of sleeping LONGER than I'd intended to just because I get in a bad loop of snoozing an alarm every 20 minutes and I never just break out of it and wake up naturally. If I don't use an alarm I could wake up at 9AM, but because I'm using an alarm suddenly I'm getting in an unhealthy loop for an extra 2 hours til I'm waking up closer to noon. But yeah I'm pretty careful about what music I set as an alarm because if I'm not careful some normal song I like triggers a brief rush of adrenalin just because it was my alarm for a while, that's the biggest worry. On one hand the Nintendo branding is what makes this so interesting and they've clearly put a lot of time and money into making it so it's likely to be a high quality product. But that very Nintendo branding could be what makes me not want to use it.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt weirded out by this I thought even the pikmin music playing when you’re going to sleep was cool, but waking up is just mmmeeehhhg
Give me three weeks with this thing and I'd be waking up like I'm hiding from the killer in a horror movie. Don't move, don't breathe, don't make a sound.
Arlo, I connect with you on a spiritual level. I agree with you 100% on this. I tried listening to a song for a week to get up to in collage. I can't listen to that song now.
Arlo please PLEASE take days off. Take care os yourself. Don't burn out. It doesn't matter if you are late for the news or whatever. Take. Care. Of. Yourself. You are more important.
i mean i'm genuinely excited to get it. I think it'll be amazing. After all people need to remember Nintendo was always a toy company first and this just shows at heart they still are and I'm all for it.
8:10 yup! there are songs i set as alarms that were cheery and meant to get me to be excited for the day. Now when they pop up on my playlist, i get anxiety and immediately skip it
"Just playing the games aren't enough? We gotta eat sleep and breathe Nintendo?" Me with my Sonic, Zelda, or Animal Crossing mug to bring me extra joy with my morning coffee...
I was able to get in on the mystery playtest scheduled for October 20th. If you want me to send you the download code for when it's available so you can review let me know, Arlo.
If your nintendo account isnt the one rhat signed up for the test, you wont be able to use it even with the download code, so theres no point giving it out.
A while ago I used Wind Waker sound effects for my notifications, because I love that game. It's now impossible for me to play Wind Waker without thinking I'm getting blasted with notifications. Waking up to Nintendo music and sound effects would seriously ruin the games for me lol
The moment I saw Alarmo my first thought "OH MY GOSH THAT WAS ARLOS IDEA-" As someone who loved Arlo's switch 2 prediction video and watched it many times… dude why did he get so much hate for it :(
You didn't mention it (surprisingly), but it's interesting to see all the top Nintendo franchises there, Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Ring Fit Adventure (for the health) and also Pikmin. I guess we see their priorities.
I also thought of your switch 2 prediction as I was watching the trailer! And, as another commenter said, don’t feel so much pressure to always keep up with news constantly here. It’s important to step back when it gets too much, especially since this is moreso the chill channel. Your mind and body are much more important than “pleasing an audience.”
The way I wake up in the morning, is as soon as my alarms goes off - I turn it off within 1 second and go straight to the shower. Sorry Nintendo this one is not for me 🤣
Tbh waking up with alarm is rarely pleasure thing. Making it less painfull is great, but not easy thing to do. I kinda love this gadget ;) But as a family man its not something that I can enjoy: 1) i sleep with my wife and she dont like white noise before sleep like I do, 2) I wake up earlier then her, so if I would use prolonged alarm she would not be happy. 3) because of steady job, wife and kinds I have very strong natural cycle. Im exausted at 10 PM, and that's the time I need to go to sleep, and my body wake up very early naturaly. I need to be heavly undersleept to not wake up before alarm. But 10+ years ago in my mid 20 I would love this clock.
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As I saw on the comment section for the announcement video, "The guy who wished for new nintendo hardware from a genie wasn't specific enough"
well he technically got what he wanted 🤣
Yup
Nooo but that’s the perfect description of what happened
the monkey paw curls
I saw a comment similar to that and it was a monkey’s paw
When a freaking alarm has more themes than the switch.
LOL oof true
I'm still baffled we can't get as great customization like we did in the 3DS days...
😅😂
Treat y'allselves to a Steam Deck. There's a lot of good homebrew options for themes and custom music.
WAKE UP NINTENDO
Releasing an alarm clock with post launch updates is the most Nintendo move they could make.
if it was from EA it would also stop working in N weeks because the servers were shut down...
The intensity is part of the alarm for Animal crossing is gonna be Mr.ressetti or Nook
Can’t wait to be jumpscared by the BOTW guardian theme in the morning. Most effective alarm clock ever!
The alarm for when it's Monday morning
Yeah, I'd be up and looking for danger immediately.
mother brain theme from super metroid
i had that as my alarm for a while and ngl it was so fucking stressful. certainly worked for waking me up though lol
With laser aiming beeping of course 😂
Prediction: This alarm clock will be a treasure in a future Pikmin game. One of those obscure pieces of Nintendo history they put in as an Easter egg.
it will fade into obscurity
I can see it being that in 40 years when we finally get pikmin 5
"Angry Crimson Cylinder"
Oh, it ABSOLUTELY will, and I look forward to that day, however distant that may be.
@@lorettabes4553Not in Japan at least. People there are eating this up.
TAKE ONE MORE DAY OFF. MAYBE WE’LL GET SWITCH 2 THIS TIME. TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM, YOU BEAUTIFULLY FURRY BLUE INDIVIDUAL
For real 😂😂😂
Maybe when he goes away for the holidays or something they'll announce switch 2
😂😂😂
You know what? I get to the news late all the time anyway, if he creates a Switch 2 announcement by leaving for a day off, I say he takes his day off fully, and makes a reaction whenever he wants, I'll probably only catch on once Arlo uploads anyway. It's just a day, it really doesn't matter to be like, a day late.
Take next weekend off that should do it.
Take a full vacation, Arlo.
Then they can annouce the darn Switch 2 already
Lmaoooooo 😂😂😂
I love waking up to Splatoon War Flashbacks
My husband is a combat vet and he was as horrified by waking up to the sounds of combat as he was by the price.
@@shelbybuttimer1397 Liar, Nobody married you.
Here's hoping the tune can be changed. I wouldn't mind hearing Calamari Inkantation on wakeup.
@@cyxceveneach game has 5 scenes to start i think so yeah there's diff music
Hey, Arlo. Please don’t forget that (iirc) you started this channel to enjoy making more quick fun videos with less commitment. Make sure this doesn’t become another source of potential stress. Please do take care of yourself.
Being ASAP on a topic is not worth your health. You need to take breaks to be well. If God had a day for rest so we definitely need one too haha
He just got back from his break
That's so sweet
"If God had a day for rest so we definitely need one too haha"
I am not religious but I've always made Sunday off-limits to work demands because "even God gets Sunday off."
this is the easiest way to get my slumbering, subconscious brain to DETEST anything that sound remotely close to the sounds that clock will make
Yep. My alarm sound used to be a background theme from a show I like. Now I can never watch the show again because hearing that theme immediately sends my brain into panic mode.
"Wake up, Link." Not gonna lie, I experienced a moment of genuine temptation at that point. Thankfully, it passed quickly.
Bought it just because of that bit
@@Buckeye_Bill Alas, I too bought one because of that bit, and by the time I started to calculate in 'Wait, I am full grown adult,' or 'This doesn't correspond to my aesthetic sensibilities,' or 'It would be nice to have romance in my life,' it had already shipped, so TOO LATE NOW LET'S GO
You can always just make that as a custom ringtone and set it as your phone alarm?
@@chaaaake One can indeed.
@@ledojaeger7474 My wife is extremely cool with the fact that I still play video games, but picturing her look of amusement as I wake up to, "Wake up, Link," DEFINITELY contributed to the temptation passing quickly. 🤣
I really think focusing marketing on the sleep features was the wrong way to go. I can think of several other ways I would enjoy this product, like using it as an alarm for cooking or productivity breaks. Even just walking into the room and seeing my cute little clock with my favorite Nintendo character on it running around or hearing a fun, noninvasive sound that chimes at the top of the hour would be nice.
Also hysterical that the sleep features do NOT work with more than one person in the bed. Nintendo is making a strong assumption about their market 😂
Yeah, and considering there's already the Pokémon Sleep app... This feels like Nintendo thinking it was such a huge sucess they wanted one without having to share the profits with the other 2 companies. I can't think of any other explanation for it.
@@Bane_Amestawell, yeah, i definitely get the feeling that nintendo developed those fearures for pokemon sleep and wanted to get more use out of it. Not necessarily in a cynical way, just in a "we put all this effort into makjng this thing, maybe we can get some use out of it in another form since pokemon sleep wasnt that successful?"
A strong assumption that is correct.
Or is that just me?
tbf I think a large part of the audience for this will be children
Imagine an adult having this
I hope they put the guardian theme as one of the options
It plays when you don‘t get out of bed within 20 minutes in the Zelda scene.
@@Phaios95for real? That’s awesome
Not just the music. It needs to make that targeting beep too. 🤣
@@sam_barris It does that!
@@sam_barris ye, and to stop it you need to actually get out of bed
Nintendo: How do we train people to instinctively respond violently to the mere sound of our beloved IPs?
*Mario coin noise*/*punches Mario in the face*
I thought that was the job of their legal department
@@puckchang8691Since the PalWorld lawsuit, they decided they needed to put more effort into being hated
Yup. That's what I want to go to sleep to at night. The sounds of a Waterwraith just completely crushing dozens of Pikmin and their tiny cries of agony.
Since when could you add links to words in comments?
How do you do it?
@@Snoop_Dugg pretty sure it happens automatically.
According to Kit and Krysta (previously from the Nintendo Minute), this project has been in development for almost TEN. YEARS.
LMAO all that for this?
Yeah they should've hired me
@@cl8wnm5nLooooool riight!!
.......isn't that about the time the DSi Animal Crossing alarm software came out? DID THE GODDAMN AC ALARM GET A SEQUEL??????
Cant wait for the Nintendo Wash-n-Dryo. Where if I go a week without doing laundry, Bowser comes into my room like an angry parent and yells at me
those splatoon gun noises would 100% just integrate into whatever dream i'm having and would turn it into a splatoon-related nightmare where i'm being shot at. what on earth
The ring fit noises would kill me.
Ringfit being a theme instead of Animal Crossing is probably the biggest oversight I'll see all month. A device centered around sleep and quality of life and you don't choose the cozy, gentle game that people literally fall asleep to?
Tbf, Animal Crossing will be added in the future.
But someone pointed out that the line from Ring fit they showed: "I knew these guys would get in here!" IS NOT what you want to hear half asleep in your bedroom 😂
Right? Like, I enjoyed Ringfit for over a year and still sometimes play it, but it didn't quite achieve that icon status unfortunately. Idk, the sound design didn't hit as well as I feel it could have
A proper sleep schedule is one of the most important parts of fitness to be fair.
oh Animal Crossing with be there soon.. just for $29 a month.
They released a clock app with an Animal Crossing for DSiWare so it is hard to imagine Nintendo not doing this.
I feel like the commercial was certainly recorded without any of the soundeffects. i dont believe for a second that anyone wakes up with a big smile on their face while this constant coin soundeffect blares right beside them.
They didn't sleep at all
You think? @@napoleonfeanor
7:16 exactly! I used to use the Mario DSi alarm out of necessity, and I STILL get PTSD when i hear the Mario Bros water theme or the Star theme, because those were the alarms I used. Even now years after I stopped using it, I still associate those melodies with stress and anxiety. So when I saw this "alarmo" thing I was like "no way am I getting that."
I’m in the same boat. When I first started using my phone as an alarm clock I made the mistake of using songs I liked as alarms. Once I realized I’d pavlov’d myself and ruined something I liked, I had to be more careful about my choices.
Yes I have a similar experience, it's a terrible idea
You and me both; I also unfortunately needed to rely on the same Mario clock for years to get up at 3am for work, and the first opening notes of the underwater theme to this day just catches my attention and triggers such an raw, unpleasant response in my brain. Never use music you enjoy to torture yourself out of bed :v
4:53 "brings nintendo properties into your bedroom"
ah, glad to see nintendo getting back into their roots and opening up themed love hotels.
What? Did they run like a strip club back when they were making cards?
@@Cubeytheawesome according to a lot of people, yes, but apparently there isnt information that 100% confirms this or 100% denies this from ever being a thing
@@Cubeytheawesome nope. for one, love hotels are hotels designed with privacy and... *ahem*, intimacy in mind. and two, these came after the hanafuda cards but before video games
@@SMG-vx3muthe source got debunked
Ok. THANK YOU for making me not be alone in the whole “noises you wake up to make you hate them” thing. I’ve been calling that the “alarm clock” effect because hearing anything that comes from waking me up in the morning just gets me extremely angry, and I thought that was too specific for me to mention when this got announced. I thought I was the only one thinking this way, and I’m glad to not be alone
I mean..is an alarm clock supposed to be pleasing? Lol whole point is to force you to get up
@@justanotherbadasswithamust8629 I’ve talked about this whole “alarm clock effect” I’ve experienced with other people and nobody else has related. So that’s why I felt alone on this issue
Yeah, I definitely get where you’re coming from but I also don’t think this is a universal thing
Idk maybe it’s just how my sleep cycle works with it waking me up around the same time as my alarm, and my alarm just being a reminder to “get out of bed” rather than “wake up”
Yes, this is a device designed to force you to wake up when you are not ready to. Thanks Nintendo. Hope you didn't delay the Switch 2 for this.
Ya I was so excited when I got an iPod touch alarm clock so I could wake up to my favorite songs...
It's years later and I still have a fight or flight response whenever those songs start playing
As a chronic snooze button-hitter, I think an alarm where Cohozuna screams in my face if I sleep in too long is exactly what I need. 🤷🏾♂️
When the night time has passed and you get off your ass that's Alarmo...
When you hear a loud whine and some coin sounds that chime that's Alarmo...
When your plumber's asleep and the morning sun weeps that's Alarmo...
You'll hear soon: Splat-tat-tat-tat-toon, Splat-tat-tat-tat-toon. Once again that's Alarmo!
This is such a dumb product. I want one.
It's $100 dude 💀
I do not have $100 for this foolishness, but I absolutely will own one.
My thoughts exactly. I was against it, yet ordered the damn thing. i talked myself into getting it.
@@NovaMaster375 $136 CAD.
I think miyamoto had sex
It makes sense Arlo has trouble sleeping seeing how he can't shut his eyes.
LITERALLY as soon as I watched the announcement I thought: "Can't wait for the next TopicArlo" 😂
The fact that it’s an alarm clock for single people is inherently funny
I didnt realise this ahhahaaaa this made me laugh thanks
Yeah :(
Yeah, I don’t think my gf would be cool if I got this. 😆
To be honest any alarm clock is for single people if you both get up at different times. I would not be happy with someone in the same bed as me setting an alarm clock before I get up.
Guys. Pretty sure their main demographic are underage? Dunno what kids gonna convince their parents to spend on it tho. Also a lot of couples sleep in different rooms for other reasons too.
I hate these people getting to sleep in until 7:30 and then wake up all relaxed and well rested.
I can't believe that Arlo doesn't want to wake up to the sounds of a Pikmin day starting
I know from experience, any song you set as your alarm will slowly become grating and irritating the longer you use it. There are songs that I just don't enjoy listening to anymore because I made the mistake of using them for my alarm. Having your sleep disrupted (even if its something you willingly choose to do) is the best way to make you hate the thing associated with it.
11:45 Maybe this is why Nintendo felt confident in releasing an alarm clock? I don't know everything about Japanese culture but maybe waking up there is less of a miserable time of day compared to the west; so having a bit of Nintendo charm to accompany your "rise and shine" just feels better there.
The Splatoon one sounds awful... yes, nintendo, I'd like to wake up the sounds of a warzone
I totally get why you don't like it, but I'm definitely the kind of person this is for! I put my phone alarm on the other side of my room, but I still somehow end up turning it off in my sleep😂
I used to use a site that plays animal crossing music that matches the current time- definitely made for someone like me haha
Same 😂! I just bought one hoping it gets me to stop wasting 30 min laying in bed in the morning and running late
@@kirbybie That's so cool! I'm extremely excited for when they add the Animal Crossing theme to Alarmo!
@@corywashington9580 If it improves my morning routine at all, it's worth it for me! The motion sensor technology is my main draw to it!
@@kirbybieoooh what site was this do u remember?
Can you imagine the "lingering too long in bed" noise being a guardian that is getting louder and louder? Talk about anxiety inducing! Also my cats would KO that thing into a water dish in two seconds flat. Lol
I can see it now: Your Alarmo will be able to connect to your Switch 2, in a similar manner to an Amiibo. But instead of simply giving a bonus as is, you'll need to earn Alarmo points by maintaining a consistent sleep cycle.
That's very brilliant, but maybe too brilliant
Don’t give them ideas!
nope, from nintendo's faq for the alarmo:
"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."
I am glad you took time for yourself! No matter what is revealed during that time period that is good to do that for yourself
Oh! One thing that would probably work really well with this concept is splatoon's main theme "jam/practice sessions". Extended mixes that slowly ramp up as you play longer/progress more. I think things like that might be able to sidestep a lot of the anxiety for some people, starting with like a lead, adding some bass, and getting more and more Jammin as you wake up. Songs that work like that would be perfect, honestly.
Good idea, but Instead of music, I wonder if at least for the Mario and Zelda theme if there could be voice acting. Idk I think it’d be cute to have characters like Mario or Zelda greet you in the morning as your alarm. Just a nice little “gooda morning” or “time to get up sleepyhead” before then getting more concerned calls to wake up until you sit up. Then when you sit up they congratulate you and wish a good day.
Idk that just sounds lovely. It’s like my parents waking me up when I forgot to back when I was a younger kid ig.
@@staticaleel5068 exactly. + Gentle voice from someone is a lot harder to despise or induce anxiety in someone, compared to a static sound effect/the literal sound of gunshots
100% agree with not wanting happy Nintendo noises to be associated with the stress of waking to an alarm clock.
I didn't even click on the video because I thought Alarmo was an app on the eShop. I didn't expect it to be an actual physical clock.
I originally thought it was a random content creator making a joke initially. Then I saw Nintendo published the video
I normally set 12 alarms on my phone, 15 minutes apart, each set to go off 5 times (1 minute apart), each with a different ringtone and announcing the time.
Waking up is hard...
I did pretty much the same exact thing, but the alarms are all voice recordings of myself screaming "GET UP IDIOT"
It only works about 5 percent of the time...
10-year-old me would have wet myself in excitement over this. I was oddly into clocks at that age along with Nintendo. The perfect storm for childhood me.
AYYY!! (ALL I WANT IS TO WAKE UP TO STRINGERS, FLYFISH AND HORRORBOROS!!!!)
Damn, waking up to horrorboros has to be one of the scariest experiences in life
Oh my gosh, waking up to the flyfish sound would be wonderful 🤣
I love the smell of ink and splattered flyfish in the morning.
I learned pretty quickly back when I was in school that you should NOT set your alarm to a song you like, because any time hearing the song afterwards will trigger your fight-or-flight
Monday: the evil Nintendo corporation destroyed another emulator and are taking people to court.
Tuesday: Alarmo! It's so cute. We love you Nintendo.
Goes to show that despite how evil corporate Nintendo is, at least it doesn’t bleed into their products for the most part. The executive side of Nintendo deserves all the criticism in the world but the creative side of the company seems pretty chill
In Nintendo's defense, every lawsuit they've brought has resulted in people pretty much having to take a step back and say something like "well, _legally_ it makes sense, it doesn't feel good but they kinda have to..."
The only exception I can think of, where you just go "c'mon, guys, this is just predatory", is the Palworld debacle, where Nintendo got sore about being shown up on one of their stagnant franchises and swung the lawyer bat.
Oh God... EmpLemon was right.
@@SimuLordif you think that’s what Nintendo did for palworld then u need to educate yourself that’s not how it works at all
Palworld clearly broke the law and Nintendo is going after something specific
@@SimuLord Pokémon has always been innovating and changing things up so I wouldn’t say predictable
Predictability isn’t the samething as tradition
They have always experimented with new concepts and mechanics
Like breeding,natures,abilities, following pokemon, overworld encounters, physical special split, mega evolution,Zmoves, gigantamax/dynamax amie/refresh/camping, even motion controls from let’s go do these features not count as evolving/progressing are these things not ambitious?
The restructuring of the traditional Pokémon format by having the third legendary as the main focus not to mention being the first Pokémon games ever to do DLC and the regional evolutions
Also the various QoL stuff even having dynamax and gigantamax and you would not have SV without the wild area all of these new ideas and things for the franchise
Are these not ambitious
I mean all these things have changed the franchise in substantial ways
Every generation offers something ambitious is replacing gyms with trials not ambitious? Or making the galar league a tournament like the anime instead of a traditional elite four is that not ambitious
Sure none of them have ever been this super drastic
But to say it’s “not innovating” is a bit disingenuous
Has the steps in previous games been a bit smaller I mean sure
But baby steps and even medium steps is still progression
Why do we count this and not those
Shouldn’t it all count?
Some of these things maybe temporary but they are still creative and ambitious and drastically change the course of the franchise so they count
Calling it “stagnant” is disingenuous
I will write in the history books that Arlo predicted a Nintendo device that detects your motion to show a clock with Nintendo characters playing on it
Got laid off recently. Feeling down. Thanks for the content you post. May sound odd but hearing your voice feels like chatting with a friend.
Best of luck to you 🐥
I pray you got a plan B or any skillful trade and will bounce back to something better
Honestly, I'm kind of with you as far as thinking this would cause more of an anxiety response than anything. Actually, my immediate response was, "Great, a product to classically condition me to hate the sounds of my favorite games!" Because let's face it: that's kind of just how alarms work. You start associating the sound with having to drag yourself out of bed against your will, and it starts to cause almost a miniature fight-or-flight response. So it strikes me as strange that Nintendo, a company that is so protective of its IPs, would want to condition people to dread the sounds of their games in that way.
I’m positive this will result in a repeat of the virtual boy
Of course, my wife won't leave me after my Nintendo alarm clock goes off at 4 am. for the fifth consecutive day.
I agree with you. Sounds like torture to me. I used to think sprinkling video game sounds into my life would be a silly little thing but the association is terrible. For a while I had the metal gear codec ring as my ringtone and my phones timer noise and even years later I haven’t disassociated it fully. I replayed MGS1 about a year ago and every time I got a call i legitimately reached for my phone to silence the alarm or answer my phone.
Don’t care if they shove metroid, mother, fire emblem, or any of my other favorite Nintendo games into it. If I get woken up by a missle expansion inquisition or pk starstorm Nintendo’ll be dead to me from that point onward
Now, if they *really* wanted to make a product that improves sleep quality via the world of Nintendo- make a little screen on my nightstand and every time it sees me get into or out of bed have it display a (silent) good morning/goodnight message featuring Nintendo characters. My quality of life would improve tenfold I think if Mr Saturn wished me well every night. Hire me Nintendo
literally make this a bedtime product instead of a morning product and i'd be 10x more into it
The fact it has unique hardware that give the software cool functionality, then it's limited to 5 presets and you can't make custom ones without modding it.
No because they're going to give free updates.... because they can't even include all of the features for an alarm clock on launch 😭
Legend has it the Nintendo Clock was actually the first product to begin development when Nintendo was founded in 1889, but the hanafuda cards made it out the door first and it was put on the backburner. The rest is history.
So far Nintendo have apps and gadgets for when to sleep, when to wake up, when to brush your teeth, how much to exercise, how much you weigh, how far to walk. Just waiting for Mario Teaches Hydration, Breathe Of The Wild and Pokemon Poop.
WarioWare: Fiscal Frenzy. Every mini game is designed to teach you (and Wario) how to pay taxes
Hell maybe they release a dating sim
YOU ARE NOT ALONE… ANXIETY THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT
Splatoon shots goin of like its freaking nam
I like the idea of an alarm clock that stops when you actually get out of bed. I'm in a bad habit of sleeping LONGER than I'd intended to just because I get in a bad loop of snoozing an alarm every 20 minutes and I never just break out of it and wake up naturally. If I don't use an alarm I could wake up at 9AM, but because I'm using an alarm suddenly I'm getting in an unhealthy loop for an extra 2 hours til I'm waking up closer to noon.
But yeah I'm pretty careful about what music I set as an alarm because if I'm not careful some normal song I like triggers a brief rush of adrenalin just because it was my alarm for a while, that's the biggest worry. On one hand the Nintendo branding is what makes this so interesting and they've clearly put a lot of time and money into making it so it's likely to be a high quality product. But that very Nintendo branding could be what makes me not want to use it.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt weirded out by this
I thought even the pikmin music playing when you’re going to sleep was cool, but waking up is just mmmeeehhhg
It's a clock. For £90. If it spammed we with that annoying coin noise at 6am, I would launch it at the wall!
Give me three weeks with this thing and I'd be waking up like I'm hiding from the killer in a horror movie. Don't move, don't breathe, don't make a sound.
Arlo, I connect with you on a spiritual level. I agree with you 100% on this. I tried listening to a song for a week to get up to in collage. I can't listen to that song now.
13:15 I actually loved that video! It's genuinely one of my favorite videos you made.
This is unironically one of the best things I've ever brought, hands down.
Best part about this video is hearing how much you enjoyed your day off. You go dude.
Arlo please PLEASE take days off. Take care os yourself. Don't burn out. It doesn't matter if you are late for the news or whatever. Take. Care. Of. Yourself.
You are more important.
Nintendo has gone "woke" 😆
okay, good one XD
its wild how this product is nintendo's first openly gay character. Very progressive!
Congratulations your morning has now been copyright claimed! 😃
We got Nintendo Alarmo before Silksong
I remember choosing some Linkin Park song as my phone alarm when I was 14, and I have not listened to that song since.
Just imagine if a Direct were announced via Alarmo notification. They would become objects of worship.
i mean i'm genuinely excited to get it. I think it'll be amazing. After all people need to remember Nintendo was always a toy company first and this just shows at heart they still are and I'm all for it.
I wanna see mods for this.
Add Metroid Fusion music and the Ridley SCREAM.
Or even Portal radio music.
I find it hilarious that there’s gonna be the nintendo free update cycle on a bloody alarm clock
The guardian sound would make me always wake up on time.
This is a case of “super happy it exists, probably not going to get it”.
I’m mainly just happy because the idea is hilarious.
8:10 yup! there are songs i set as alarms that were cheery and meant to get me to be excited for the day. Now when they pop up on my playlist, i get anxiety and immediately skip it
yeah I stopped using songs I liked for alarms for that reason
I'm with you on this one Arlo. This thing would just make me feel little shots of anxiety anytime I heard certain Nintendo sounds and music.
Tbh, i thought this was satire when i saw the notification on my phone about this
Your Switch 2 concept was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thing. And that was only strengthened by the motion sensing stuff.
If it doesn't target you like a guardian for sleeping in, I'm not buying it
I have plenty of trouble waking up, but I agree I don't want to be stressed out by my favorite Nintendo games at such an irritable point of my day.
Nintendo Alarmo: So Louie can watch you sleep! ☺
"Just playing the games aren't enough? We gotta eat sleep and breathe Nintendo?"
Me with my Sonic, Zelda, or Animal Crossing mug to bring me extra joy with my morning coffee...
Arlo, it's time to jump up superstar
I will say, that day off you described at the end sounded absolutely lovely.
I was able to get in on the mystery playtest scheduled for October 20th. If you want me to send you the download code for when it's available so you can review let me know, Arlo.
Give this man more likes.
If your nintendo account isnt the one rhat signed up for the test, you wont be able to use it even with the download code, so theres no point giving it out.
A while ago I used Wind Waker sound effects for my notifications, because I love that game. It's now impossible for me to play Wind Waker without thinking I'm getting blasted with notifications.
Waking up to Nintendo music and sound effects would seriously ruin the games for me lol
The moment I saw Alarmo my first thought "OH MY GOSH THAT WAS ARLOS IDEA-"
As someone who loved Arlo's switch 2 prediction video and watched it many times… dude why did he get so much hate for it :(
Because people are stupid
“It’s a hundred dollars” - well that woke me up better than the alarm clock would have
You didn't mention it (surprisingly), but it's interesting to see all the top Nintendo franchises there, Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Ring Fit Adventure (for the health) and also Pikmin. I guess we see their priorities.
Never feel bad about taking the time off that you need!
This announcement gave me so much joy I literally could not stop laughing after I watched the announcement video.
It’s just the most random thing.
I also thought of your switch 2 prediction as I was watching the trailer! And, as another commenter said, don’t feel so much pressure to always keep up with news constantly here. It’s important to step back when it gets too much, especially since this is moreso the chill channel. Your mind and body are much more important than “pleasing an audience.”
The way I wake up in the morning, is as soon as my alarms goes off - I turn it off within 1 second and go straight to the shower.
Sorry Nintendo this one is not for me 🤣
Lemme guess: Nintendo patented the Alarm Clock and are now in the process of forcing out their competitors in the alarm clock industry.
anybody who buys this is bouta get clockwork oranged by silly pikmin sounds
Fucking lmao
Tbh waking up with alarm is rarely pleasure thing. Making it less painfull is great, but not easy thing to do. I kinda love this gadget ;)
But as a family man its not something that I can enjoy:
1) i sleep with my wife and she dont like white noise before sleep like I do,
2) I wake up earlier then her, so if I would use prolonged alarm she would not be happy.
3) because of steady job, wife and kinds I have very strong natural cycle. Im exausted at 10 PM, and that's the time I need to go to sleep, and my body wake up very early naturaly. I need to be heavly undersleept to not wake up before alarm.
But 10+ years ago in my mid 20 I would love this clock.
Throughout this video I was thinking "huh this is pretty interesting I might wanna try it out", until you suddenly dropped the 100$ price tag
Yo same
Really feeling that sentiment of not being saturated in the media you enjoy. I don't even like t-shirts with brands on them.
14:45 I’m sorry WHAT?! Since when does arlo have a synthesizer??
Nintendo Alarmo sonds "Alarming"