Super Alexa Mode
What
Is Super Alexa Mode and How Do You Activate It?
Super
Alexa Mode is an Easter egg for Amazon's Alexa voice assistant. Learn how to activate Super
Alexa Mode and the history behind the command.
What Is Super Alexa Mode?
Super
Alexa Mode is one of many jokes programmed into Alexa by Amazon's
developers. It's based on the Konami code, a famous cheat code created by video
game developer and publisher Konami. The code appears in dozens of titles
including the Contra and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
of games.
Everyone
loves asking voice assistants funny questions to see how they
respond, so it was inevitable gamers would try the Konami code on Alexa. Amazon
anticipated such queries, so they came up with witty responses to make users
laugh.
What Is the Super
Alexa Mode Code?
To activate Super
Alexa Mode, say, "Alexa, up, up, down, down,
left, right, left, right, B, A, start."
Alexa will reply with, "Super Alexa mode,
activated. Starting reactors, online. Enabling advanced systems, online.
Raising dongers. Error. Dongers missing. Aborting."
The command refers to the buttons you must press on the Nintendo
Entertainment System (NES) controller to activate the code in certain
video games. Alexa's response doesn't reference any particular game or meme;
it's just a trick to make gamers think they've discovered something special.
Unfortunately, Super
Alexa Mode doesn't endow Alexa with any new capabilities.
What Does Super
Alexa Mode Do?
Super
Alexa Mode doesn't serve any purpose beyond giving gamers a laugh. It
doesn't change anything about your device, so there's no need to
"deactivate" Super Alexa Mode.
History of the Konami Code
The invention of the Konami code is credited to Kazuhisa
Hashimoto, head developer of Gradius for the
Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986. During the testing phase, Hashimoto
created a code for his team to use that allowed players to start the game will
full upgrades. The code made it easier to test all aspects of the game without
worrying about enemies and obstacles.
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