It has some clever ideas, and it looks great on a shelf, but ultimately, it’s still an alarm clock. But what a cute alarm clock it is. Alarmo is a red cylinder with a rotund white button / knob on top and a 2.

Nintendo dropped an unexpected announcement on Wednesday — and no, it’s not the one we’ve been waiting for. In the vein of novelty gadgets like the Labo VR headset, the company will release an alarm clock that can track your sleep and tell when you’re still in bed.

Leave it to Nintendo to psych out fans who are already hyped up about an impending Switch 2 reveal by announcing a fancy alarm clock instead. Alarmo will wake you up to sounds of Mario coins and chirping Pikmin.

It appears this is the mystery Nintendo gadget that hit the Federal Communications Commission last month, which revealed that the device features a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio and the 24GHz mmWave sensor it uses to detect movement.

If you're dying to know more about the Alarmo, Nintendo's oddball clock, we've got more details and a much closer look at its design.

Technically named Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo, a name not even the biggest pedant in the world would use, this is a bedside clock that plays video game sounds and cute animations to help you get out of bed in the morning. As you move in bed, the built-in motion sensor triggers sound effects like Mario picking up a coin, depending on the theme.

With the gaming world waiting with baited breath for Nintendo to announce Switch 2, the company behind Mario has once again surprised its fans with the announcement of a completely unexpected piece of hardware: an interactive alarm clock called Alarmo.

The $99.99 Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo is expensive for an alarm clock, but it offers some clever tricks, such as the ability to track your sleep (similar to the $99.99 Google Nest Hub). It’s fun and incredibly charming,