The Gamania 20th Anniversary expo was held on Nov 28th, 29th, 2015 in Huashan. The news of this expo ignited the attention of the Gamania fans. Topics regarding games, mobile payment, e-commerce, audiovisual, merchandises, forums, and other hot topics were heating up! Whether it was series, mobile game challenge events, GASH showing off mobile payment, Jollywiz demonstrating cross-industry e-commerce, Coture celebrity show, innovative business, official commemorative merchandises selling to public, or foundation forum sharing, all became hot topics of discussion among the netizens and Gamania fans.
The expo of two days attracted the attention of 12,000 people in diverse ethnicity. Other than 7,000 young people, there were also 1,000 families participating on-site. All exhibition areas, business entities all did their best to demonstration the rich history and future imaginations for the “Gamania 20th Anniversary”. The unending shows and performances provided constant surprises and refreshments for all!
News directly from the expo
The main exhibition hall was divided into 7 thoughtfully themed exhibitions across the first and second floor. Stepping into the “have a GOOD TIME!” exhibition, the big Gamanian seen only inside Gamania immediate caught people’s attention, revealing itself, and welcoming everyone at the entrance!
“Brand Demonstration Zone”
The first exhibition area “Brand Demonstration Zone” brought out the spirit of the eight big themes of “have a GOOD _____!” of the exhibition via avant garde visual devices each with its own symbols. The neon designs were diverse and colorful, with stereoscopic elements to establish the theme, like installation arts at museums, drawing the attention of the public, seducing them in!
have a GOOD GAME!
Gamania was best known for its games. The game demonstration zone showed off the scenes from most popular titles over the years, including “Lineage”, “Maple Story”, “CS Online”, “Elsword”, and “Mabinogi” for players to take pictures in. They accompanied the players in recalling the good old days spent with Gamania.
Deeper in would be the mobile game zone. The “Summons Board” Taiwan-region trailer first showed off excited the players. There were also popular mobile game titles such as “Valkyrie Legend”, “Brave Frontier”, “The Sky Fantasy”, “Soul Cross”, and “Naval War”.
have a GOOD PAY!
GASH PAY is the focused exhibition of electronic payment life experience. Through staged scenarios, GASH PAY allowed people to understand how payments could be made directly via mobile payment for shopping at FamilyMart, game point purchases, taking TaiwanTaxi, purchasing Coke by scanning QR Code at vending machines. The future mobile life is close at hand!
have a GOOD SHOPPING!
On the second was the “Jollywiz” e-commerce company under Gamania. Other than “JSTaiwan” that proceeding to the international stage, showing goods from a century-old Taiwanese brand, the highly-decorated “Her Buy” in the past, also allowed the public to see the prosperity Jollywiz once made, which also in turn, enabled the public a preview of the future of e-commerce services.
▲JSTaiwan had chairs and tables on-site, offering a place to rest
have a GOOD SHOW!
What exhibition area is so popular? Coming close, one would find out it was Coture playing original video entertainment, planning real-time interactive performances, short films, and conferences. It so full of fun you couldn’t divert your eyes from it.
have a GOOD IDEA!
Right by Coture was Gamania’s new business exhibition zone. Gamania’s creativity originated from the garage spirit of the Internet generation. WeBackers was born from it to let creativity be seen and grow. Swapub App gifted life with the little happiness of exchanging items for items. The messaging software BeanGo’s themed characters made every conversation an interesting one!
▲The messaging software BeanGo offers a cast of charismatic characters!
have a GOOD CHALLENGE!
Here’s the Gamania Cheer Up Foundation, “When we are no longer satisfied with legs, let there be wings!” The Gamania Cheer Up Foundation will give you courage to make your dreams big. The exhibition area provided the philosophy of the foundation, and its past accomplishments.
▲Gamania Cheer Up Foundation’s big dream map, which once conquered the North Pole!
have a GOOD TALK!
Other than the static exhibition, there’s an even more exciting sharing TALK! Riding on the mobile trend, Gamania wished to share with everyone the adventurous journey! Via the interactions of languages, texts, video, and exchanges, mutually surge the courage and perspective of the new generation!
▲Come to the TALK zone to rest, and share
“Gamania Island X nichi nichi”
Freshly brewed coffee on-site!? Gamania especially collaborated with nichi niche to bring their exclusive life philosophy to the exhibition and shared them with the public. Of course, you could not spare the taste of Gamania. The Gamanians at Gamania Island offered the special “Gamania Island Iced Tea” that was exclusive to Gamania 20, providing the public with different choices.
“Gamania 20 x playwork”
Visiting the exhibition, buy some official merchandise from the store for a perfect ending! The store on the second floor sold the cross-industry life 20th anniversary merchandises. The net-popular “Ardent Warrior Limited Edition” was sought out to see by the Gamania fans; the valuable convenient store Zippo lighter, Akinori Oishi orange slice smiling passport, Pure Design’s triangular coin purse, series products from Taiwanese Internet illustrator Sevensdog, and playwork’s black&white safety helmets are all worthy collectibles!
▲On-site staff introducing the merchandises in detail
Before leaving, no one forgot to take a picture at the photography area, and commemorate this great memory with a smile! The brilliant 2-day “Gamania 20th Anniversary” expo not only allowed the public to know Gamania had become a trend setter in leading Internet life, also allowed everyone to go home with a load of happiness, Internet knowledge, and memories of life surprises.
