Nintendo’s original alarm clock prototypes were a lot less playful

/ But they still had some interesting ideas.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.

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Nintendo just announced its new Alarmo clock with a motion sensor, and even though we’re still soaking in the $100 device, the company also shared a look at some interesting early prototypes that reveal how the project changed during its development.

While the Alarmo is round and an eye-catching red, one “early” prototype Nintendo showed in an “Ask

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