E3: Games/Tech
Stage Debut
debuts again
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Stage Debut debuted (sorry)  at last year's Nintendo booth, as a demo evolved from N64's "Talent Maker" GBA camera game. 

You sat still,  they took your picture, and voila! Your face was there, attached to  the body of a dancing Nintendo character.

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 Not much has changed since last year. Still can't play it - just let the guy take your picture and watch it go. 

And yet, I find the demo completely fascinating.

 Perhaps this is because I get to see my face plastered onto giant-head, low-poly models?

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First, you make a nice, pretty smile. There is a minute or so of fiddling and loading. 

While you wait, you see some clips of giant-head Japanese men in schoolyard settings... and... ducks, and stuff.

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Your giant-head model appears on stage, Adam/Eve style!
You're asked a bunch of silly questions. 

                                                                                         

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Then... into the womb-machine! What will you be??

                                                                                         

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Cruel Nintendo gods!! I answer truthfully, and find that I am branded....a GOLFER!!  Maybe it was the face I made?

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Sure, it looks like I wet my pants (or worse). But at least I can still dance!!

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By the time I leave Stage Debut's tiny demo station, there are at least 3 people waiting to be snapped.

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Will we have to wait till next year to get our hands on this little gem? Pray to the Nintendo gods and perhaps it will ship!?!