Upon becoming free, Raiden fought off the remaining Gekko and engaged Vamp in an intense knife fight, the contact between their weapons becoming so fierce at one point as to cause his sword to glow red hot. Raiden demonstrated lightning-like powers, conducting electricity all over his body with which he struck down several of the would-be attackers after he turned on the ceiling sprinklers, allowing him to create electric bolts in the air until the water stopped. Upon arrival at Solis, Raiden and Blade Wolf met up with the check-in guard for their appointment with Sunny. 500 The story for the game, when it was titled Metal Gear Solid: Rising, was originally going to cover the events that occur between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4, and would have focused on how Raiden became the character he is during the Guns of the Patriots Incident. Vamp proceeded to stab his old foe twice with his combat knife, tasting Raiden's artificial white blood from the blade. The rest of Raiden's life was a carefully calculated plot by the Patriots to bring about the events of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. After the immediate threat had passed, due to the actions of Otacon's Metal Gear Mk. Now fully trained in VR, Jack, now codenamed Snake, was recruited into FOXHOUND and ordered on his first official mission to stop some terrorists who had infiltrated the offshore oil clearance plant, Big Shell. According to Shinkawa in the featurette The Making of Metal Gear Solid 2, the primary reason why Raiden is designed as a bishonen (a "pretty boy") is because a fan letter stated that the addresser in question did not want to "play a story with an old man." Logo - Original News In one of the Alternative Missions, Raiden's dead body must be examined in order to identify and photograph his killer from a selection of characters in the torture facility of Arsenal Gear. At the time Raiden simply believed that Fatman was merely an agent of Dead Cell hell bent on revenge against his mentor, Peter Stilman. He is not able to use his acrobatic kick from Metal Gear Solid 2, due to most of the character models (exempting Cunningham) reusing Naked Snake's unarmed combat stances, and instead is able only to ram at opponents like any other soldier, and like the Arsenal Tengu, he is equipped with a blade so he only has three free item slots, but an advantage in comparison to the Tengu ops is that Raiden perform unending combos with his blade which gives him the chance not to get discovered while slashing enemies. For most of the game's development, Raidens name was written in katakana as or literally "Raiden." The Japanese site later unveiled a trailer for Metal Gear Rising that showed various DLC skins, including the aforementioned Gray Fox skin and the three bonus colors, and also revealed that Japanese players can also get a custom body based on Raiden's original cyborg body in Metal Gear Solid 4 via a Metal Gear Rising trial on the 18th, by making a review upon playing the demo and posting it on either Facebook or Twitter and then receiving a download code. Raiden in Rising. He did a similar pose in Metal Gear Solid 4 itself during Act 2, shortly after defeating several Gekko. [50], In the Arm, Eye, and Sword trailers, the scene shifts halfway through to Raiden undergoing some aspects of his harsh childhood under a man whose voice and appearance resembles Solidus Snake. Raiden and Sundowner then encountered each other, with the latter also referring to him as "Jack." Preventing a group of Haven Troopers from reaching an immobilized Snake, Raiden demonstrated lightning-like powers, with which he struck down several of the would-be attackers. [26] He also possessed barcode tattoos all over his body.[27]. Throughout the mission, Raiden also harbored some suspicions that he may enjoy killing people, although he did not know why. Upon acquiring his new Cyborg Ninja body, Raiden was instructed to undergo a VR training simulation that Doktor created so he could get used to his new body before redeployment. Quintion Flynn (US)Toshiyuki Morikawa (JAP). He managed to defeat most of them before collapsing from exhaustion. He even compared himself to the reaper when mentioning that they chose death when taking the job. After George told him to not worry about him and just save the children and stop the scientist, Raiden decided to act. Instead, Kiefer Sutherland's voice clips of Big Boss were re-used for Raiden's interrogation of enemy soldiers, although slightly modified to sound more "mechanical.". He is protected by Olga, again dressed as the Cyborg Ninja. Raiden (, Raiden? In addition, he also assured them that when the player play the game, they'll like Raiden a lot more than in Metal Gear Solid 2. [21] Raiden, upon returning to active combat, aggressively chose Maverick missions that directly related to Desperado's activities. Originally, it was planned that Raiden's privates would have been exposed during combat against soldiers on Arsenal Gear after escaping the Torture Chamber, but before meeting Solid Snake, depending on how the player did. He eventually met up with the African country's prime minister N'mani, where the latter congratulated him on Maverick's contribution in the rebuilding of the country. He also learned of Olga's motivation for aiding him: The Patriots forced her to participate by holding her child hostage, after her kid was kidnapped shortly after delivering her. After eliminating it, he then used the catwalks to evade being spotted by the Mastiffs. Shortly after Snake defeated the PMC commander Laughing Octopus, Raiden contacted him again to provide help in tracking down Naomi Hunter, using his knowledge of scouting. A long battle ensued with Raiden fighting off a Harrier jet piloted by Vamp with Solidus Snake inside. This allowed him to pass for a normal human, at least while clothed, and gave him the capacity to carry out bodyguard work and other missions that didn't require serious combat.[14]. Also, because of his past as a child soldier, as well as his possessing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, as a result, he also occasionally pushed away even people he cared about due to his being "afraid of the night." Because of the length of the hair, Emma once speculated that the hair was actually a wig and that it was a badly done wig. They then deduced from Courtney that they could stop the situation at Mach 23 speeds, which would take half an hour to get there, with Raiden requesting that they contact Solis Space & Aeronautics. For Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "So what happened to raiden in mgs4?". His strength was also enough for him to effortlessly pry open a gate with his bare hands. Zachary. In the aftermath of the Liberian Civil War the young Jack was removed by Solidus Snake from Liberia and placed in a relief centre. In the Location Trailer released alongside the Zan-Datsu & Custom Body Trailers, a part of it showed Raiden wielding Mistral's Etrangers, suggesting that he could wield the weapons of rival cyborgs he's beaten. Raiden wanted to expose Armstrong and World Marshal for their actions, but Kevin suggested against it. Rose and Raiden's son are safe in New Zealand. This prompted Raiden to stand back up and call Armstrong insane. Raiden is asked by Rose if he remembers the day they first met. [deleted] 5 yr. ago. Because of this, removing it caused serious and unpleasant side effects of undergoing temporary memory loss as well as intense flashbacks to his time as a child soldier in Liberia, due to his hippocampus being stimulated, a side effect of the left arm's holographic storage data being connected to cranial nerves to record everything around him and his senses. Raiden entered the lobby and also heard Sundowner's announcement congratulating Raiden on killing Monsoon and telling him to "go nuts." Kojima also admitted that he would have taken on a directing role instead of a producing role if Fox was the main character. A teaser image of a medical report on the Revengeance site implies that he got retinal damage from injuries that resulted in several lacerations and the amputation of a redacted body part. He later clarified that "white raiden" was Raiden's armor from Metal Gear Solid 4, and also stated that it was playable. However, throughout his partnership with Wolf, he began to trust him, even telling him that he was free to pursue his own destiny. A He also realized that Sam barely possessed cybernetics. This is later confirmed in the Unique Weapons trailer, which also implies that Raiden received copies of these weapons after they were developed by Doktor after he carefully analyzed their combat data. However, N'mani had a good sense of humor to jokingly call him "Mr. Concept artwork for Liquid Ocelot included sketches where Ocelot was ambushed by a mysterious figure, and the figure manages to cut Ocelot's right forearm off, la Metal Gear Solid. On March 4, Kojima compared Raiden's characterization to that of action film series hero John Rambo, citing that both characters fight despite being peaceful in nature.[64]. This is mentioned in an optional Codec conversation with Kevin Washington, during the Mexico mission. That's the player. 1. And in Metal Gear, devotion matters. Several of Raiden's skills in the game have names referencing thunder and lightning. He later pulled a similar feat with the much larger Metal Gear EXCELSUS. before starting a new game, triggers a change in the opening, in which Naked Snake (also named Jack) wears a mask that looks identical to Raiden's face, to conceal his identity from the gunship crew (although it is implied in-story to be based on the likeness of GRU major Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov). Raiden and Snake, with RAY in the background. [15] He rarely got to see his family because of his line of work, but the few times he did see his family always put a smile on his son's face. How could she know about that?". [deleted] 5 yr. ago. Blade, Mk23 However, this ended up being rejected by Kojima,[38] although a similar design would be used for the character The Fear. He then revealed that he knew Sam from three prior wars. The name was altered because in Japanese, Laden is written as , and thus sounded too similar to the name "Osama bin Laden," the then leader of the terrorist group al-Qaeda, partially due to the plot heavily resembling the events of 9/11.[42]. Throughout his mission, however, being that the memories of his past began to slowly resurface, he also began to suspect that he enjoyed killing, and reluctantly informed Rosemary as much. After completing Metal Gear Solid Mobile, revealed to be a VR mission, Solid Snake is declared a failed test subject and has his memories erased, and a pair of mysterious voices discuss a second test subject, "Jack", wondering if he can do better. Raiden was confirmed to make a reappearance in Metal Gear Solid 4 during its development. He also knew at least some Spanish, as evidenced by his telling two Mexican pedestrians who spotted him "Adios, amigos!" In a leaked casting call for Metal Gear Rising, they requested for at least four live actors to portray characters for a trailer. Raiden White (MGS4)) Armor, full version. As such most what is told to Raiden when he first arrives at the Big Shell is complete fabrication. However, Blade Wolf had gotten back up, and after playing back a message Sam recorded before his death, supplied Raiden with Sam's sword. He also was tied with EVA and Ocelot with possessing the second most bios in the game's website (second only to Big Boss), detailing his human self from Metal Gear Solid 2 and his Cyborg Ninja self from Metal Gear Solid 4. Making his way to Solis via motorcycle, he re-encountered Sam. Raiden also displayed signs of mental and emotional instability and a dissociative identity around the time he started his missions involving Desperado. II, Raiden relayed a coded message from Sunny to Naomi, regarding the completion of the FOXALIVE computer virus. This is explained in a Codec conversation with Doktor. Raiden parries the Blade Wolf's chainsaw upon the latter's ambush of Raiden. [5] Raiden was originally supposed to get a completely new cybernetic eye to replace the one he lost, but Doktor was unable to create it before the surgery, so he had to wear a makeshift eye-patch for a while. The Metal Gear franchise is an undisputed classic. This event was again placed by the Patriots to mimick Shadow Moses where Solid Snake fought Liquid Snake in a helicopter. However, he also had to endure some physical abuse by Olga to ensure her cover was remained intact. Additionally, the oxygen mask that Snake wears during the HALO jump bears an intentional resemblance to the diving mask that Raiden wears in the opening of Metal Gear Solid 2. At the end of Metal Gear Rising, Raiden is a public criminal after having fought through Denver's police department and much of World Marshall's forces. Rosemary is the wife of Raiden as well as a psychological counselor, and formerly a data analyst and spy. Uprising in the first round, largely due to his cybernetics, and in spite of Krystal's many armaments. He then wiped out the soldiers guarding the area, after triggering alarms. In the same trailer, each of the skins is shown fighting against enemies in a similar manner to how they fought in at least one scene from their original appearances. In the same trailer, each of the skins is shown fighting against enemies in a similar manner to how they fought in at least one scene from their original appearances. MGS4 Raiden skin bonus giveaway advert for Amazon. After a brief exchange, Sunny then showed them the device she built. Ames also reveals that there are no ransom demands whatsoever made by Dead Cell. A month later,[12] following Raiden's surgery, Rose and her son John paid him a visit, though Raiden ignored them both, believing that the child was Campbell's, who Rose had married during Raiden's estrangement from her. Upon finding the facility's entrance, Raiden, taking Doktor's advice of using a DOOMP to access the facility's video records regarding their development, decided to hijack a Dwarf Gekko. Raiden (Japanese; ), real name Jack, is one of the three main protagonists of the Metal Gear series (alongside Big Boss and Solid Snake), appearing as the main protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, a major supporting character in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and the main protagonist of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. As such, the model is not intended to fully represent Raiden's physical characteristics, as supported by lines of dialogue from various soldiers, in regards to the presence and size of his genitalia. One of Raiden's nicknames was White Devil. However, Raiden is not a playable character in Metal Gear Solid 4. When first accessing his Jack the Ripper state (not counting the time he killed the Desperado scientist in the prior chapter), Raiden/Jack says "Pain this is why I fight." While attempting to locate a Dwarf Gekko, he stumbled upon a room containing cyborg brain casings, and after defeating several enemies, he reported his findings, causing them to deduce that the brain surgeries on the trafficked children related to cyborg development somehow. It was largely because of this cold nature, as well as his pushing people he knew away that resulted in Rosemary initially fearing that he was unfaithful to her. Combat Ability However, Rose assured him that he was no beast, but her husband. 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