As always, Nintendo isn't bothered at all by thoughts about what it wants from the company. A Switch 2 announcement? Oh, Nintendo has a hardware announcement for you, all right: the sleek little $100 alarm clock it released last year is coming to retail.
Yes, Alarm, which was previously only available through Nintendo's official site for those who paid for a Switch Online subscription, “will be available at participating retailers in March 2025, no Nintendo Switch Online membership required,” he announced the company on social networks. today.
Nintendo Sound Clock: #Alarm will be available at participating retailers in March 2025, no Nintendo Switch Online membership required. Available while supplies last. pic.twitter.com/qhVo0NMKjxJanuary 13, 2025
A Nintendo alarm clock would have turned heads at any time, but in 2024, as fans increasingly searched desperately for news about the company's next console, the notion of a big hardware announcement for a novel and expensive clock stood out even more.
Now, months later, anticipation for Nintendo's next console has grown even more, with multiple reports now suggesting that the Switch could be revealed as soon as this week. It's just after this most recent round of reports surfaced that Nintendo decided to once again deliver Alarm news, and I honestly can't think of a more Nintendo-like move than that.
For its part, Nintendo has confirmed that it plans to present its next console before March 31, so in any case we won't have to wait much longer before all of this is behind us. If it takes us until the end of March to find out about the Switch 2, well, at least you can pass the time by purchasing an Alarm at your favorite store.
With no Switch 2 in sight and an alarm clock filling the hardware void, 2024 was a year of anticipation for Nintendo.