[4] Jack was subsequently raised as a child soldier and later fought in the country's Civil War in 1989. His eye after his upgrade in 2018 occasionally turned crimson when being deployed or when about to undergo a deadly maneuver, a side effect of his eye being modified with an optical implant. Raiden's use of the outfit, identified as a Mariachi outfit, was later explained in the MGRR Mastiff boot camp trailer at Santa Monica, where it was stated that Raiden bought the outfit in a mistaken impression that it would help him blend in with the populace while undergoing his mission into Mexico. Raiden decided he liked the look, after a while, and enjoyed the extra clarity the cameras gave and kept the eyepatch on his new body.[20]. He also realized that Sam barely possessed cybernetics. His original cyborg body's durability was relatively low, as it was lacking armor, and was obsolete with limited battlefield potential as of 2018. The only person not meant to be at the Big Shell as dictated by the Patriots was Solid Snake, who was believed to have perished two years previously in the tanker that caused the Big Shell cleanup facility to be constructed. Despite the loving relationship between him and Rose, the tragic memories of his days as a child soldier started to resurface, causing tension in their relationship. A Raiden (? Raiden's "father" would also have resembled Solidus. 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. The script included in The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 indicated that Raiden's hair color was changed prior to the script's finalization,[36] while Rose retained the original blonde hair by the time the script was finalized. On February 15, 2013, the official Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Rising Facebook pages posted that the MGS4 Raiden would be available as a DLC download for Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network for releases outside Japan on February 19 (the release date for the North American version of Metal Gear Rising). Furthermore, they both are featured with blonde hair as children, and they both possess nicknames as a result of their extraordinary combat skills and their Caucasian ethnicity: White Devil/Raiden, White Mamba/Liquid. His other unique weapons are the Mk.23 pistol and the Throwing Knife. According to the creators, they were specifically tasked with creating the episode by Hideo Kojima himself. A former child soldier, FOXHOUND member and a close ally of Solid Snake, Raiden has since joined an elite task force known as Maverick in the time period between the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Rising. Raiden says that only one out of 50 soldiers can kill without hesitation, before declaring himself a "two-percenter." After he found the "will" to destroy Armstrong, all his attack became stronger. In VR training, he is featured as three separate characters: RAIDEN - This is Raiden in his normal attire. In 2014, Raiden reappeared in South America, revealing himself to Solid Snake by Codec to warn him of an enemy PMC ambush. He also had a dry sense of humor and was somewhat sarcastic during this time as well, as he responded to Boris when he asked how it felt to be flying like a bird (referring to his being carried over by the MQ-133C flying wing to Abkhazia) that it felt like "a bird strapped to a rocket.". In addition, while adopting the Cyborg Ninja outfit, he was strong enough to not only parry a modified Metal Gear RAY unmanned unit's blade, but also to lift it up by the blade and throw the RAY a great distance, as well as agile enough to springboard across several HEMP missiles towards the RAY unit, as well as jump up to the RAY unit's blade after throwing it a great distance in a small period of time. Raiden's standard cyborg body, circa 2018. 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 wasn't much of a sports fan, although he had admitted that the closest he'd came to actually liking a sport was basketball. In stark contrast to Raiden's lack of CQC skills in the 2005 Director's Trailer for MGS4 included on Subsistence, he is shown in this game to have an S2 rank in CQC, the highest rank. Raiden's voice actor Jack . Jack was born on a rainy day in Liberia. Raiden then learned that Desperado wanted N'mani dead because Africa's been getting "a bit too peaceful" under his reign, as Sundowner wanted to restart the war economy due to feeling that it was his livelihood. [40] Another concept for him was his being a cyborg, which would have been revealed late into the game with a triangular chest plate when he was captured on Arsenal Gear.[38]. 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. Raiden holding the high-frequency blade. This could be seen after taking a large fall. In the Japanese version, however, Raiden actually spoke with a deep bass voice. He shares this codename with the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden, an Imperial Japanese WWII fighter aircraft, which the Allied forces codenamed "Jack." Equipment HF. In exchange for his services, MSF also promised to supply him with patches from the XOF as payment. Most times when they did get together, he either stayed awake all night or otherwise left Rose's place, and he wouldn't let her in his bedroom. Three recolors of Raiden's cyborg body were also issued as figures for Play Arts KAI as part of the Battle Raiden series, colored Red, Blue, and Yellow. Jack and the other members of the Small Boy Unit were forced to kill POWs and civilians. A podcast, however, addressed this issue and stated that the game would explain why Raiden is back on the battlefield despite the implications of Metal Gear Solid 4's ending.[47]. The Metal Gear series had frequently referenced works of Bowie. appears as the main protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. [39], In addition, the very first concept for Raiden designed by Yoji Shinkawa was similar to the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man, crawling across walls, and was significantly deranged in personality, even licking bird poop. In an interview with 1UP, called Saving Private Raiden, Kojima elaborated that he's not a playable character, and also stated that it was the actual Raiden and not someone who looks like Raiden. His strength, although greatly benefiting him, can also get him into big trouble, a notable instance of this was when he arrived at Solis, where he accidentally (and unknowingly) wrecked the front gate's electronic lock. Upon encountering Mistral in the top of the refinery plant, she revealed all she knew about him, including his former nickname from the Liberian Civil War, "Jack the Ripper." It's just horrible, no matter what kind of awesome magical ninja cyborg he ends up as. Due to his participation in the Liberian Civil War, Raiden was one of the few Force XXI VR subjects to possess actual combat experience. Backed to a wall and at the enemy's mercy, Raiden was saved at the last moment by the successful virus upload, the AI's destruction disabling his opponents' internal nanomachines and incapacitating them. His arm was later retrieved from the battle site and analyzed by Maverick, as well as having to undergo a weekly retrieval of files stored on the arm, due to the files being corrupted. However, all of this drama was a ruse by the Patriots to gain more control over Jack's life, with Rosemary acting as a spy. Raiden then dueled Vamp once more atop the original Metal Gear REX, after Snake had returned the latter to a vulnerable state via nanomachine suppressors. Another letter regarding the retrieval of Raiden's arm further implies that the amputated body part was in fact his left arm. 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. Even though Raiden acted as the basis for Raikov's creation, as well as the latter's relationship with Volgin, using the Raiden suit in the boss fight against the Man on Fire (Volgin's new form) does not illicit any unique reactions from the latter. Naomi then used nanomachine suppressors to both euthanize Vamp and commit suicide, much to the group's shock. [16] Because his real name still painfully reminded him of his past, he still went exclusively by the name of Raiden. Due to his cyborg body's design, he could sometimes generate electricity. Jack would grow up to suppress the memories about his terrible childhood, burying the memories of his bloody past, though he still suffered from nightmares of his past nearly every night. This event was again placed by the Patriots to mimick Shadow Moses where Solid Snake fought Liquid Snake in a helicopter. His strength enabled him to lift a tremendous amount of weight, evidently ranging to several thousand tons. He also speculated that, in addition to his training under Solidus Snake, he may have had this maniacal relish for killing in his very blood. In addition, he also learned from both Boris and Armstrong himself that he currently didn't plan on assassinating the President. 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. Afterwards, he then navigated his way through an abandoned district that was heavily armed with various cyborgs and UGs, including mass-produced versions of Blade Wolf's LQ-84i form, the Fenrirs. In addition, the localization of the game also resulted in several fans critiquing Raiden for his high-pitched voice, which was described as "whiny." Because of his first cyborg ninja conversion, he also bore several scars near his mouth, giving his mouth an appearance similar to that of a Glasgow grin both in his human cyborg form and in his second cyborg ninja body. ", was also the name of a trophy achievement in the trophy patch for the game, unlocked when the player uses the corpse camo to cause an alert. He began drinking heavily, getting into fights and eventually decided to leave her. Upon discovering the truth about Rose's "marriage" to Campbell, Raiden seemed to regain some of his old self. In other words, Raiden's lack of awareness of his son and his disdain for Rose meant that both would serve no purpose to the Patriots, as their suffering would not move him in any way. However, plans abruptly changed in 2018 when cyborg soldiers belonging to the Desperado Enforcement LLC. Similarly, some concept artworks for Raiden himself also had him wearing an outfit superficially resembling his Skull Suit with a face mask covering all but his upper face, as well as his carrying a then-infantile Sunny. Not just because of the twist of not playing as Solid Snake but because Raiden is an obnoxious, whiny, overly emotional child throughout the entirety of MGS2 and that's basically his whole personality". These act as grips for his HF blade, in the event that he attempted to use a break-dance-like maneuver to cut up enemies. Could she mean Liberia? Rose told Raiden of the pregnancy after admitting that she had originally become his girlfriend in order to spy on him for the Patriots, before eventually falling in love with him legitimately. Despite being considered a spinoff title and having been developed mostly by Platinum Games, Kojima did co-produce the game and offered consultation on the story, making it a part of Metal Gear canon unless otherwise noted. He doesn't, but inside he's depressed and empty. This also changed with the switch to Platinum Games, now taking place 9 years after Metal Gear Solid 4 and having a less dark and gritty tone. With the Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Raiden iteration, Platinum Games brought a new take on moral conflict in video games to the blockbuster, AAA space. Raiden was forced to confront the PMC's modified Metal Gear RAY while Sundowner made his escape, which he fought three times due to its persistence and eventually culminated in Raiden running his HF Blade down its spine. Snake told Raiden to go on ahead, with Fortune claiming that Snake was the root of all her misery. Upon the realization of the figure's identity, Raiden angrily demands to know where "he" is to the figure. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is the second game in which Raiden is the primary player character, although this time the player takes control of Raiden in his Cyborg Ninja appearance. Late response. It's interesting to note that whilst playing as this character, Raiden shares the same face as Frank Jaeger in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. In the Metal Gear Solid 4 Directors trailer, Raiden makes a parody appearance along with Snake, who is dressed to look like Sam Fisher, the main character in Splinter Cell. Rose even says as much in MGS2. Raiden later met up with Iroquois Pliskin, a Lieutenant Junior Grade with the U.S. Navy SEALs, who had saved Raiden from being ambushed by Vamp. Another trait of Raiden was also incorporated into Snake as well (having the same name). After eliminating it, he then used the catwalks to evade being spotted by the Mastiffs. A Play Arts Kai figurine of Raiden based on his appearance in Metal Gear Rising is in the works. Raiden's line to Vamp when questioned about his "immortality," "I Just Don't Fear Death! He later made his way, with his emotional state being volatile, to the immediate premises of World Marshal HQ, but was beaten down just outside of the front door, with Sam and Monsoon greeting him and informing him about it being peoples' natures to kill and be violent. Taken aboard Arsenal, Raiden was later freed by Olga, telling him that they had needed to use him so that Snake could sneak on board. [73] The negative reception to the character, as well as his girlfriend Rose having similarly negative reception in the same game, was also given a brief nod in Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance when Solidus summons them, where he described them as an infamous duo whose mere presence was enough to destroy an entire universe and were feared and hated by the universe. Specifically, he was modified to take into account the possibility of fighting various pair warfare drones, tanks, and attack choppers by possessing an increased supply of surface-to-air guided missile warheads, as well as rocket grenade launchers of both type instrument and multi-purpose capabilities. Raiden then proceeded to jump out to hijack a drone so he could defend the chopper. Vamp proceeded to stab his old foe twice with his combat knife, tasting Raiden's artificial white blood from the blade. Raiden's real name Jack (, Jakku?) 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. Raiden's likeness also appears in other games: Although Raiden has yet to appear in the Super Smash Bros. games in a playable capacity, there was a rumor that he was going to be included in Super Smash Bros. 4 due to Reuben Langdon claiming that he voiced Raiden in that game by mistake (he had actually meant PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale).[67][68]. In actuality, Raiden survived the fall, although he had to fight through several cyborgs. She was ordered to keep eyes on a U.S. soldier named Jack by developing a romance with him, reinventing herself to suit his . Raiden honestly loved killing. Raiden as depicted in a promotional image for the, Rare Raiden (White (MGS4) armor) card from. Hideo Kojima personally requested the development of Raiden as a means to develop Snake from a third-person perspective. This was the first step towards recreating the events of Shadow Moses as part of the Patriot's plot. However, by the time he got to the control tower's vicinity, he discovered Blade Wolf's prone body. After deciding not to kill Naked Snake, he went back to the events of the Zanzibar Land Disturbance (complete with MSX2 graphics) to kill Solid Snake himself, ending in similar failure, where, ironically, he is stopped by his original target, Big Boss. He is a Liberian-American special forces . Tamari also explained that the cybernetic functions (including Fuel Cell energy) was based on research led by the University of Texas, and that they had Raiden lack self-repair units to emphasize his role as a "dark hero." This conversation ends with Sunny landing him with an invoice requiring him to fully pay off the restructuring and repair costs. Though he was considered by the public to be a person who hurt a lot of people, Sunny still viewed Raiden as a hero. She admitted to him that she was actually a Patriot spy sent to keep tabs on him, though she insisted that she had genuinely fallen in love with him. 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. Their battle eventually resulted in Vamp standing at Raiden's back and locking him in his grip. Raiden then battled against Sam within the train tunnel. The Gray Fox skin was shown killing Desperado Cyborgs in a manner similar to a scene in Metal Gear Solid, where where he cuts up several terrified Genome Soldiers, while MGS4 Raiden was shown taking on some Desperado Gekko, a reference to his first on-screen appearance in Metal Gear Solid 4, where he took on, and destroyed several Gekko. Shinkawa, when explaining his motives for creating Black Raiden, mentioned that he wanted to create a dark hero, different from his design from Metal Gear Solid 4. At one point in 2018, he told fellow Maverick member Courtney Collins that he was a huge movie buff, when she reacted with surprise that Raiden actually watched samurai films. The giant portrait of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance protagonist Raiden in England has been replaced after seven years. He also read the French novel L'tranger. At the beginning of the Big Shell mission, Jack was briefly referred to as "Snake" before his codename was changed to "Raiden" by the Colonel, as the leader of the terrorists was also referring to himself as Solid Snake. Stunned, Raiden forgave Rose once again, as she felt desperately guilty from being unable to tell him due to the danger doing so presented. This greatly angered Raiden, but her transmission was cut off, just as she revealed that she was pregnant with his child. After traversing the rooftops, he then was instructed by Blade Wolf to access an abandoned rail system dating back to the 19th century. Blade Wolf later stated that it will depart with Raiden for Pakistan after finding a way off the chopper. 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. Raiden was also capable of surviving falls large enough to kill any ordinary person, as evidenced by his falling down into the cityscape of Denver. [30] His desire to protect the weak at all costs, even if it meant taking lives to ensure the weak were protected, stemmed from his past as a child soldier in Liberia, and not wanting anyone else to experience the kind of childhood he had. Command Raiden Skin bonus giveaway advert for Geo. Kojima also mentions similar reasons in the documentary Metal Gear Saga Vol. Raiden also managed to save the other children from the chloroform gas in time and was successful in the attempt to save both the children and George although Raiden was heavily disturbed by what he had seen that day. He also insisted that he keep his pain inhibitors off as he needed it. Snake is young again and it's time for mgs 6. Upon arrival at Solis, Raiden and Blade Wolf met up with the check-in guard for their appointment with Sunny. Following his debut in Metal Gear Solid 2, Raiden was met with a mixed reception from fans of the series. The doctor then managed to resuscitate Raiden and ordered the beginning of the optical implant, with Raiden wondering what happened to him. He managed to defeat most of them before collapsing from exhaustion. SNS This belief was made explicit during his fight with Steven Armstrong, when accusing him of only using Operation Tecumseh to get himself elected for little reason, like the rest of the politicians, and even called him "another maggot crawling in the pile" if America had indeed "gone to shit."[31]. 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. 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. Rosemary is the wife of Raiden as well as a psychological counselor, and formerly a data analyst and spy. Ames reveals to Raiden the location of the captive President and also makes reference to the 'La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo' a special codename for the Patriots that they have forced Raiden to hear whenever the word Patriots is stated. Instead, Armstrong had framed the jihadi rebels for attacking the base itself via Desperado and had the President rerouted back to America. Raiden's claim of being a "two-percenter" is a subtle reference to the term "one-percenter," referring to the concept of the 1% of America's richest people. White (Medical) Raiden Skin bonus giveaway advert for KonamiStyle floppy-calendar/I-PACA. Eventually, he settles for "cybernetic private military security soldier" as his last chance at a job where he was met with implied success. On another, Jack witnessed Solidus demonstrate to him that blades were a "noble weapon" compared to guns, by slitting another soldier's throat in front of him.[5]. The Patriots had named him after the plane[24] and later informed Raiden that, like his namesake, he was nothing more than a weapon, a tool to be discarded once its usefulness has been outlived. Quintion Flynn (US)Toshiyuki Morikawa (JAP). Social Ops Black Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Edion Corporation. The Elevators were deactivated because of Raiden's intrusion, although Doktor managed to hack into the elevator systems to ensure Raiden got in. However, Raiden, in the process of getting into Solis, accidentally broke the electronically locked gate, thinking it was open. Raiden later assisted in Snake and Naomi's escape by helicopter, by fighting off several Gekko units at a local marketplace. After recovering somewhat, Raiden later attempted to join Snake on his mission to Shadow Moses Island, wishing to defeat Liquid Ocelot and break free of the Patriots' hold on his life, the events of his past ultimately causing him to break down emotionally. The twist that Raiden was not Snake was admitted by Kojima to have been inspired by the plot twist of Terminator 2: Judgment Day where the titular character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger was not a villain in that movie.[41]. 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. The body in Rising appears to be more Artificial than the others I think he's still got his head in storage while the rising body is just his brain, spine, and eye. What started out as essentially a recon mission turned into a resignation and all-out personal war. [69] He then faced off against and defeated Devil Zukin from Dance Dance Revolution 3rd mix in the second round. Raiden then fell into the cityscape. 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. He also supplied Blade Wolf with Sam's sword, at the unmanned gear's request. On February 15, 2013, the official Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Rising Facebook pages posted that the MGS4 Raiden would be available as a DLC download for the Xbox Live and PlayStation Network networks for releases outside Japan on February 19 (the release date for the American release of Metal Gear Rising), and also specified that it's not a pre-order bonus. After his surgeries were finished, the mysterious figure then presented Raiden with his new sword, to which Raiden later flashed back to witnessing Solidus Snake slitting a soldier's throat as he demonstrated the honor blades had. In the cast gallery section for the Piggyback Guide's Collector's Edition, Raiden's design was given commentary by Yoji Shinkawa, Etsu Tamari, and Kenji Saito. Raiden later was told to seek out Richard Ames in the Shell 1 Core, and ultimately found him after bypassing security measures and disguising himself, although Ames eventually died from a heart aneurysm, and was nearly captured until the cyborg ninja known only as Mr. X attacked the soldiers. Raiden's concept as effectively being a third-person witness to Snake's exploits was likewise inspired by the character Watson from the detective franchise Sherlock Holmes. The giant portrait of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance protagonist Raiden in England has been replaced after seven years.. 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