Triforce Johnson: The World's Most Patient Gamer

[@TheBigAppleNYC]

Now, this is one dedicated dude.

[@Marcho]

Omg his name is actually triforce .-. I thought it was his nickname

[@XxLilBxX1]

Marcho Bomb I The Air Warlord You know you can change your name when you turn 18 years old right?

[@Marcho]

BoyWonder yup

[@zombiezombie632]

Marcho Bomb I The Air Warlord ONE HUNNAD LIKES

[@Marcho]

Zombie zombie =o

[@zombiezombie632]

Marcho Bomb I The Air Warlord :o

[@GScottChaosnaut]

I had the pleasure of standing in line with Triforce Johnson for meeting Mr. Miyamoto in 2005 for the launch of Nintendogs. He is warm, charming, and delightful. Seeing this mini documentary brought back a lot of memories. It was one of the best nights of my life, hanging out with a street full of Nintendo fans ALL NIGHT LONG playing Advance Wars and Pokemon.

[@michaelpiotrowski5774]

G. Scott Taulbee that sounds so fun! But I was only two

[@CJ-lm2zb]

G. Scott Taulbee i was like 5 or 6 at the time

[@angell8249]

I was about 5 lol

[@swifttiger]

At first I was like I think that's stupid and then you said advance wars. Do you mean dual strike?

[@GScottChaosnaut]

Yeah. It was a huge party and everyone had their Nintendo DS. By morning there were people all the way around the block! One guy brought the front glass panel from a Donkey Kong arcade cabinet to have Miyamoto sign it. Epic!

[@JMotion]

I look forward to your coverage of CND in 10 years or so.

[@TheAppleflaps]

His actual legal name is triforce. Savage.

[@thepikarivera7706]

The Appleflaps really?

[@EnDERP]

The pika RIVERA Yeah, dude! He showed it in the first minute of the video.

[@Madchimpz]

I liked this just for the first 30 seconds alone. Deep stuff.

[@SpikeDelight]

Excellent feature. I've met and interviewed Triforce a few times and he's always been such a great guy to talk to. I'm so glad that you guys at Polygon have been able to capture his extremely genuine personality. Congrats Triforce!

[@egm954]

Triforce Johnosn is hero!! Hope he's going for "Switch"!! My respect from West Siberia!!!

[@UnuUO]

Egor Malykh He's doing it with CaptainNintendoDude.

[@egm954]

Fantastic team! Well now, no doubt, they will be succeed!

[@mgmastergamer9508]

Egor Malykh he is helping someone come first so maybe he comes second

[@BrownBox00]

MG MasterGamer No he's only helping CND get first he's not getting a switch apparently according to one of there daily videos documenting the wait for the launch

[@EnteIexia]

CND and him are in NYC right now waiting in the nyc Nintendo store for the Switch. You can watch their videos on their channel. It's pretty cool. Might go see them since I live in NYC :D

[@Lilflellaal]

now it's my boy CND

[@bizzlier]

Crazy this video is 10 years ago! This honestly motivates me to become a popular gamer myself 💯

[@nibskie1304]

Mad respect for Triforce!!!!!!

[@iannmartinez9309]

triforce johnson has completed the triforce. now with his children a and a new generation of true and passionate gamers a new quest begins =)

[@TyRoot]

Such phenomenal production values. The shooting, editing, sound, music. Great stuff.

[@MattDunnachie]

Awesome work Polygon! I can't wait to see more features like this!

[@Colevid19]

Did he ever get that community ambassadorship?

[@TheTakamas]

Polygon, you guys rock. Finally a mature and still passionate gaming site that takes this hobby seriously. Gonna spread the word about your work on 4chan.

[@airthrow]

0:37 "My name is Isaiah Triforce Johnson, and I am a Nintendo Ambassador" 7:58 "My next quest is to get a community ambassador position with Nintendo. I should be able to get the job" WTF?

[@mrextremesftw4890]

How in the hell does this video only have 50 k views a video about of this caliber deserves at least 50 million views

[@sidsteele6169]

Hope u get a job at nintendo,best of luck to you and props to you for chasing after that what you really want. Not enough people do these days!

[@SeanFinnegan]

I really liked this feature Polygon. Great work.

[@mattmosher1893]

More of this please! Great job Chris!

[@nickgsg8818]

I have so much respect for this man right here. He is a very inspiring human being for fellow gamers and seems like a wonderful role model. #TeamTriforce

[@biozelink6086]

Ok, this guy really IS the manager of the Empire Arcadia team... I've always thought he was cool, but i didn't take him as that kind of a guy :D But seriously, he could have waited just a day, why wait a whole month, what's the point.

[@deadeye2078]

Cause hes that guy. That guy who is more patient in life than almost everybody else. and thats not a bad thing, for things to come, you have to be patient. To be number 1 at something, you need to be patient.

[@biozelink6086]

XDTgaming There is a difference between being patient and wasting time. And patience is a good thing, in some cases. It's his life though, and his way to get publicity.

[@gewdvibes]

Bio Zelink that's like telling someone who's unbelievably good and passionate about football not to go to the NFL because he just wants publicity

[@redcrimson1028]

Paddy Diddlez very true

[@PanchosBros]

Well Done Polygon, Great Great Story. Thanks!

[@TurboPikachu]

8:14 IS THAT FUCKING STREETPASS PRINCETON?!?

[@EbefrenRevo]

And almost 5 years later, the warrior is standing again !!

[@georgecostanza1000]

This guy is the best.......... Kappa

[@jonuiuc1]

This guy Triforce is prominently featured in the move "King of Chinatown" which is a documentary about competitive video game player Justin Wong. Triforce was his promoter. Don't know if that movie is available online anywhere. I saw a screening at C2E2.

[@BartonStink404]

Finally an outlet that gets how to cover the human side of games. This is one of the reasons I was so excited for Polygon and you guys couldn't have gotten it more right.

[@brokennews]

Fantastic little piece. Well made.

[@stajesmijesno]

Much respect to Triforce. He knows what the people are about and he's not hesitant to say it. So true how people are afraid of "showing" thier true selves to the public and putting on a facade, not wanting to be judged about who they are and what they like/support, as if it's a crime or something.

[@KemAlimole]

That is some serious dedication. I missed the launch this year. Nintendo fans are some of the nicest people I've met. The people I met at the Wii launch were amazing!

[@thethorn42]

Dude he would make a great movie

[@khaledbawaneh5319]

he has passed the tortch in deed the new jhonsen is CND

[@bennolan454]

Koko2.0 jhonsen isn't even remotely close to Johnson

[@khaledbawaneh5319]

idc

[@ben1ben]

Khaled Bawaneh oh yeah yeah

[@WillieD]

Excellent piece of video game journalism.

[@pika62221]

6:15 woah, that's literally everyone who ever bought a Wii U standing together!

[@Zontry]

I wanna be like this guy when i'm older.

[@anping87]

Thank you TriForce! You set the Nintendo Dream, and all fans will follow your path.

[@AWM05]

35 years old? So he was 29 at the time of the Wii launch in 2006 (I remember seeing him first in line at the Nintendo World Store).

[@RayApollo]

I respect this man. Thanks for this!

[@gmadera7]

what a beautiful mini documentary. its sad that this triforce last lauch event :(

[@eyecraftprojects7268]

Great Guy

[@isaacorwhatever4329]

And we begin on Febuary 3rd 2017, CND uploads...

[@urjnlegend]

dude hes blowing up, good job triforce

[@cspflaumer]

He seems like an incredibly nice guy.

[@nucleor7268]

His name is actually Triforce? That's so awesome!

[@MatsuriSayuri]

Wow, loads of respect to Triforce. Good man.

[@shago90]

35 years old back in the day so by now he is already 40 :o?

[@TheMuscularPancake]

He has a crapload of awards.

[@shyguywhite]

Liquid Gold!👌

[@pika62221]

0:56 what's a Wii U? Isn't that just a tablet controller for Wii?

[@xhere14]

i had no idea this guy is the real deal.

[@kozmic225]

i wanna meet him one day...

[@ASkilledRoy]

Holy crap triforce

[@TheBeggies95]

Woww!! i love this guy!

[@bonkfr]

I bet when he went home and setup his Wii u he was probably like "dis sux"

[@Luckykuku]

lol i think SkyThePizza is refering to the updates that took forever. when it lauched, the console needed a couple hours of updating to do, it was much worse if your internet speed sucked

[@zEJAYz]

wow, i should've went there today to meet him

[@MrGaragenation]

so no more power glove ? , your giving it all up

[@thelazyhuntress]

MrGaragenation nah, he still wears it. Lol he also wore it recently when he was inducted into the video game hall of fame.

[@Blaxi131]

*b l a c k s o a p*

[@Rulerofwax24]

The first feature video on Polygon :D It's awesome. But about Triforce, what does he do as a job? Is it standing in front of the building? Or was he just doing that for the WiiU launch to be first? And if so, why was he commuting to the line?

[@NintyFan56]

One day you will be knighted by Nintendo. Game on and happy gaming Triforce.

[@NikoAmii]

What. A. Legend. So much praise for him, I really respect him

[@junaidsk123]

What he said in the beginning...Damn so true

[@kozmic225]

btw where does this guy work

[@thelazyhuntress]

2018, LET'S GOOO!

[@ChickenOffender]

tbh he's more or less the world's most patient consumer.

[@bamyo53]

Great Video.

[@scrubboinotorious4096]

Hire this man for your marketing team Nintendo

[@johnmedina7083]

Who else is watcing this after cnd?

[@ineedyoutostop]

Oh, well in that case, i'm also an ambassador, cause i got my 3DS on launch day. I did get the free games, but i just thought it was the title of the program.

[@AdnanAhmed]

Not a fan of nintendo, but I admire this guy and his loyalty. Although it is kinda sad if he is just don't want to experience gaming from Sony and Microsoft and PC.

[@gmst9784]

Adnan Ahmed why don't you like Nintendo?

[@mordacthedenier]

If he were truly patient he'd be able to wait until after it came out to get one. He's more dedicated than patient.

[@louiegallagher990]

Evan Sakamoto He wants to get it. Of course, he's gonna get it first, as he's been doing it for years now. Well not anymore, but he's been patient for weeks on end for the console that comes out

[@Caolan114]

I love this guy

[@TacticalPower88]

good shit triforce. greeting from Harlem.

[@VSaccount]

he sounds a bit like jar jar binks

[@thepikarivera7706]

vs does he?

[@theotherone2783]

vs ahahahaahahah

[@triforce42]

I'm inspired...

[@jexigo]

what an awesome name

[@TheJaponawa]

triforce one questions its pretty serious, who did u manage to keep your formal job while u did the nintendo wii u line? its something i was thinking when i was seeing the video :)

[@patrickjames2847]

I would have thought camping out to be first in line for numerous consoles would make someone impatient. I guess not?

[@JayminStation]

Respect you triforce

[@byZinck]

Amazing.

[@ThatRadDude]

and yet triforce did pass the torch to cnd for the switch

[@antivanti]

I was totally going here to write some derogatory remark about this guy. But no. I respect this. Yes it's silly and ultimately pointless but so is collecting old LEGO sets or climbing an iconic mountain. You do what you want and you get out of it what you take from it.

[@gmst9784]

Anders Öhlund nice man

[@MrBeklager]

Did he say im Nintendo till im gay?

[@ZainDhananil1k3ab0s5]

"I'm Nintendo till I'm gone."

[@parkoursheep3818]

MrBeklager dead*

[@farrelarrayyan2821]

The next triforce is going to be CND.

[@Jakco808]

"8 pieces of the triforce"?

[@tigabumi]

Ninfreak 20 wind waker

[@Jakco808]

Tribuana Mahardika oh...havent played it yet

[@tigabumi]

oh I see.. you should play it, I enjoyed it a lot

[@flayncele]

The original TLOZ also separated the triforce in 8 pieces

[@TheHiRisk808]

"9 to 5 is for suckers" -Triforce Johnson

[@whitefalken87]

This sums up Polygon. Real Journalism with a capital "J".

[@gold4963]

This guy is extreme...

[@joeunderu12]

this dude works at fast food restaurant now and the one good player that he was pimpin left him.

[@thelazyhuntress]

Joe Luis kzbin.info/www/bejne/Znywn6SQiJmEeqc

[@floralspr1te]

Was he in line for the switch?

[@joshcopeland7883]

The Alpaca Lord he was helping CND

[@americomolina2722]

now it is CND!!

[@DeArisJinks]

great guy for us gamers

[@MercurySG3M]

Wait so what consoles has he stood in line to be the first to get? (Besides Wii U and 3DS)

[@joshcopeland7883]

henry n64 GameCube ds wii

[@trakzherer]

This is 100000% real -Namco & Billy Mitchell

[@bobcharlotte8724]

so fucking great... wish everyone had this level of passion for something..anything!

[@irreverente2172]

how poetic

[@sammykhatiz461]

A WiiU? Thats what he waited for?

[@mystellarorg1802]

thats WOW TriForce

[@michaelmonkeypunch77lugo21]

Triforce I love that Nintendo jacket where you get it at