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Linking Alarmo to In-game Events

Did anyone get an Alarmo for X’mas?

Nintendo’s patent filing shows that they are interested in linking the Alarmo to mobile and Switch games (img 1) to output special sounds based on in-game events (imgs 2-3), such as boss raids or holiday festivities.

Drawing from patent US 20230024418: FIG. 1 shows an exemplary illustrative non-limiting drawing illustrating an overall configuration of a system according to the present embodiment.
Drawing from patent US 20230024418: FIG. 6 shows an exemplary illustrative non-limiting flowchart illustrating a typical processing procedure performed by the output apparatus according to the present embodiment.
Drawing from patent US 20230024418: FIGS. 4A to 4C show exemplary illustrative non-limiting drawings illustrating typical exemplary processing performed in the system according to the present embodiment.

The original patent was filed in 2021 in Japan. I thought that it was purely for R&D. However, they recently filed a divisional application, indicating continual development. It might be possible to add this feature in the future.

Note: For readability, all images above are from the US filing of the original patent.

[Originally posted on 2025-12-26 Pacific Time]