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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Online required is hilarious to see on a clock.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Trying to think of more ways they could make this absurdly annoying:

  • If the alarm has been playing for too long, start playing the low health sound effect from Zelda
  • If you have one minute left before you need to leave for school/work, play the "almost out of time" jingle from Super Mario
  • Navi
[–] picandocodigo 8 points 4 months ago

Hey, listen!

smashes the clock against the wall

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls 2 points 4 months ago

.00001% chance it wakes you with Dawn of the Final Day

[–] picandocodigo 9 points 4 months ago

What an unnecessary, silly project no one asked for. When can I order one outside the US?!? 😂

[–] Dr_Nik 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It surprises me that Nintendo would think enough people would pay for this, but considering the tech in it, I doubt it could sell for cheaper at a profit. What people don't realize is that there is a full on radar based health monitoring system in there that drives the price up. I expect this is a test bed for a future product that someone is trying to make back the R&D money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I would buy it, if it where available in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

does spending $100 on an alarm clock count as a literal interpretation of "go woke go broke"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

This seems a horrible way to wake up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

what an incredible way to ensure you physically cringe the entire time you play any nintendo game with the sound on

[–] osprior 5 points 4 months ago

This looks like a raspberry pi clock project, with a Mario theme - it's not a terrible price if you don't want to build it yourself (at least I think) - but I doubt you can customize like a self built one.

Also if you make your own you'll probably get sued, so just don't sell it I guess lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

This is what Nintendo hardware engineers do to fill time when the Switch 2 is just a scaled-up Switch 1

[–] TootSweet 4 points 4 months ago

So, it's a Nintendo billboard in your bedroom, basically.

[–] experiencersinternational 3 points 4 months ago

I still find this quite weird.

Having an alarm clock that connects to the internet certainly isn't something that I thought we needed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Impressive. They actually managed to make a product that makes AAA Clock on the Switch eShop look like a good deal.

Seriously though, cut the price in half and I'd MAYBE consider this as something of a Nintendo related novelty/"luxury" if I had the cash to burn. You can't ever convince me (or most people) to pay $100 for a friggin' alarm clock though.