Space World
The three day format had one day called "Shoshinkai" (lit. "beginning party") dedicated to press, and two days called Space World for public attendance. The show floor had many third party booths surrounding Nintendo's large main booths, all with videos and many playable prerelease games, and some with outlandish decor and character performances. Unlike most other video game trade events, it was not held at any set interval; Nintendo decided whether and when to hold the show at any time. It always took place in Japan, either in Kyoto which also hosts Nintendo's headquarters, or at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba. After the most recent Space World show in 2001, the company instead began to favor online publishing as well as industry-wide conferences such as E3.