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Nintendo Alarmo review: Charming, yet frustrating

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64% Informative

Alarmo brings a dose of Nintendo fun into your bedroom, with sleep noises and motion sensing alarms featuring classic Nintendo characters.

It’s expensive, though, and its sleep tracking is mostly useless.

It's a fun and quirky spin on a bedside alarm clock (with a motion sensor!) that mines your love for everything Nintendo .

There's no easy way to input your Wi-Fi password to download new themes.

Alarmo 's sleep-tracking is mostly useless, since the data is all stuck on the device.

The device's unique motion sensing technology is only made for a single sleeper.

It would be nice to see a wider selection of themes for Nintendo 's more iconic franchises.

Alarmo is expensive and imperfect, but it's a reminder that Nintendo can do more than just churn out consoles and games.

There's a chance it'll become more compelling over time, if Nintendo manages to add themes and drive down the price.

At least, until Kirby arrives.