He later revealed this to the Colonel, who was surprised, since there wasn't supposed to be anyone other than Raiden who should have infiltrated the base. [71][72] In Europe, the negative reception towards Raiden was even more pronounced, largely because of not only the plot twist, and the lengthy delays in releasing Metal Gear Solid 2, but also because several gaming magazines spoiled the twist in their coverage, which left the players being unable to avoid it. His suspicions that there was another intruder were quickly confirmed, as he entered a room full of knocked out guards and caught a glimpse of the man as he ascended in an elevator. Suspicious about his C.O. In addition, in large part because of his experiences during the Big Shell Incident as a test subject for the S3 Plan, as well as Snake's advice in the aftermath of the S3 Plan, he also aimed to follow through with Snake's vision of people living their own lives, also believing that doing so will fully free him from being a pawn to the Patriots' proxies. 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. 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. He demonstrated such an ability when preventing a group of Haven Troopers from reaching an immobilized Snake. Raiden then vowed that he was done running, while Rose vowed that she was no longer afraid. As such most what is told to Raiden when he first arrives at the Big Shell is complete fabrication. Said episode later aired as part of the Konami Pre-E3 show. Raiden was a special character downloadable from the SCENE expansion pack along with Vamp. Raiden later assisted in Snake and Naomi's escape by helicopter, by fighting off several Gekko units at a local marketplace. Naomi then used nanomachine suppressors to both euthanize Vamp and commit suicide, much to the group's shock. He doesn't, but inside he's depressed and empty. 's odd behavior, Raiden had Snake's partner Otacon investigate, who eventually learned that the Colonel was actually an AI construct of GW, partially based on the manipulation of Raiden's memories. 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. To play as Raiden, the player must beat the game 100%, collecting all coins with character Mark Appleyard. [52] He also implied in another Twitter account that Raiden's pre-cyborg self during the events of Metal Gear Solid 2, named Old Raiden/Blue Raiden, might also be playable. Much of the negative response was due largely to his apparent naive attitude, androgynous appearance, as well as acting as the protagonist over Snake. 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. He also mentioned that the scene of Raiden losing his eye was meant to represent his change from White Raiden to Black Raiden, and also admitted that he based it on Solidus, as the latter was his favorite character and shared a special connection to Raiden. 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). Rose told Raiden that the child was in fact his, and her miscarriage had been a lie. Raiden's dead body in an Alternative Mission. To cover the events of Raiden saving Sunny from the Patriots and his transformation into the cyborg ninja that we see him be in mgs4. After a grueling fight that descended to the bottom level of the plant, he eventually disarmed her of her weapon, which eventually culminated in him finishing her off after she was doused in liquid nitrogen while she backed away. Boris then reminded him that he had less than an hour to get to Solis. AI representations of the Colonel and Rose told Raiden that he was just a weapon, a creation of the Patriots with no purpose but for what they made him. Previously a child soldier under Solidus Snake, Raiden was later selected by the Patriots to test the S3 Plan at the Big Shell, as a new recruit to the reformed FOXHOUND unit. When running into enemies, they will be temporarily knocked down, allowing for easy takedowns. Sometime after this Raiden was moved to the United States where he was secretely injected with a large amount of nanomachines by the Patriots. The relief center was reluctant to put the latter into a foster family because they feared he would be too much trouble for the family. In addition, "Raiden" was initially supposed to be his real name, with his full name being "Raiden Brannigan," during development. After George told him to not worry about him and just save the children and stop the scientist, Raiden decided to act. 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. Upon reaching a barricade vehicle, he decided to speed up enough to have the RPG blast flip the car over the barricade. 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's only real display of emotion occurred after the death of Big Mama; Snake told Raiden that he (Snake) has no future, while Raiden has a family; at this, Raiden grabbed Snake, shouting that he too has nothing, before collapsing, seizing Snake by the leg, and begging him not to leave him alone. Jack and other surviving members of the Small Boy Unit then underwent extensive amounts of counseling before becoming at least outwardly stable. Lightning Bolt" when he learnt what Raiden's name translated to. During his battle with Stephen Armstrong, the senator called Raiden "Saucy Jack," which was the pen-name supposedly used by the original Jack the Ripper to London police at Scotland Yard after committing his second murder and onward. Logo - Original News Raiden appears in his Metal Gear Rising form for the Jamais Vu mission of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Hopes and dreams of a remaster for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance likely end at this point, with no mention of a re-release anywhere in PlatinumGames' blog post. As such, Maverick still supported him, albeit unofficially. Depending on whether the player trains to swim in the Deep Sea Dock or not, Raiden's response to the Colonel when given the order to swim through the flooded Shell 2 Core will be different. He also didn't have to worry about Rosemary and John being targeted by Desperado, as they were in New Zealand. 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. 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. Vamp proceeded to stab his old foe twice with his combat knife, tasting Raiden's artificial white blood from the blade. He still has the backing of his. Whether his possessing the information had anything to do with his cerebral network of nanomachines acting as a backup system for GW or not was never explained. Olga's motivation for doing so was the fact that the Patriots held her child hostage. Raiden later received a copy of the Etranger from Maverick and Doktor, having developed it from careful analysis of Mistral's combat data. The nickname's use in this case was a reference to Caucasians (Raiden's ethnicity) being unusual in Liberia at the time of the Liberian Civil War. As Raiden was one of the few people who could expose the truth, Armstrong decided to kill Raiden with EXCELSUS. However, he managed to subdue the UG and had him delivered to Maverick in order to have Doktor repair the weapon as well as make some adjustments to the K-9000, known as the Blade Wolf, which included the disabling of his remote piloting and his AI wiping systems. He is protected by Olga, again dressed as the Cyborg Ninja. He managed to wipe out 8 confirmed Body-Snatcher soldiers at the base and prepared to undergo extraction procedures at the base's heliport, but an unexpected siege of reinforcements of the Body-Snatchers forced the chopper to retreat into the air, with Raiden fighting off all remaining Body-Snatchers until all were confirmed to be eliminated, with the chopper using its searchlight to identify where the Body Snatchers were. With the help of the Paradise Lost Army, Raiden managed to escape his captivity. This child would turn out to be Sunny, who first appeared in Metal Gear Solid 4. Raiden was the only known Cyborg Ninja to have survived, and also the only one who hadn't fought Solid Snake. 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. Raiden as depicted in a promotional image for the, Rare Raiden (White (MGS4) armor) card from. However, Rose assured him that he was no beast, but her husband. ), real name Jack, also known as Jack the Ripper, White Devil, and Snake, was a Liberian-American mercenary and former special forces soldier. Raiden appears as the playable main character in Metal Gear Rising, set four years after the events of MGS4. At Shadow Moses, the virus FOXDIE killed the Darpa Chief and President Baker by causing heart failure; at Big Shell the Patriots recreate this effect by shutting off Ames' pacemaker as he talks to Raiden. 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. [43] However, performing certain actions will allow the player to briefly glimpse this choice of design. [16] Because his real name still painfully reminded him of his past, he still went exclusively by the name of Raiden. Because of his status as a cyborg, his left arm also was directly connected to his cranial nerves. [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. His inhuman appearance caused him to be ostracized from society and made securing employment even more difficult during the post-SOP economic recession, when even non-cyborgs had difficulty finding work. However, when Dolzaev refused, Raiden deduced from his reply that he was actually intending to blow himself up near a power pylon as his final act, but was unable to stop him in time. 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 story was initially intended to act as an interquel, taking place between Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 4 and explaining what happened to Raiden during this time. [7] In addition, Jack was not listed under any of the United States databases (e.g. Raiden and Sundowner then encountered each other, with the latter also referring to him as "Jack." Max LIFE 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. The exclusive armors can be downloaded via purchasing codes from KonamiStyle, Tsutaya, and Geo, respectively. Removing the black duster that concealed his cyborg appearance, Raiden was able to disable the attacking Gekko using his enhanced agility and swordsmanship, employing a high-frequency blade. 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]. He was never okay. This suggestion was made due to the fact that he and Zimmerman had previously worked together on The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, in which he was Jonny's second voice actor. She proceeded to introduce their son to Raiden, and the three huddled together in reunion. Raiden then intended to upload the FOXALIVE virus into Outer Haven's on-board AI in Snake's place, since his cyborg body was immune to the microwave defenses ahead of them, but an emboldened Snake convinced him otherwise. Early concepts for Raiden originally depicted him with dark hair, whereas Rose would have been depicted as a blonde, although the hair colors were switched around by the final version. The original brown-eyed render of Raiden from E3 2009. After becoming an cyborg, Raiden implied that he would drown if he attempted to swim due to his immense weight. SNS Eventually, he settles for "cybernetic private military security soldier" as his last chance at a job where he was met with implied success. After making his way through a Japanese Garden-styled room, he then proceeded to take a freight elevator to the top, although he had to fight several Desperado cyborgs and UGs before reaching the top. Shortly thereafter, Raiden himself collapsed from the injuries afflicted by Vamp, urging Snake to find Big Mama in Eastern Europe. He also had his Rising design being one-eyed as a reminder of his humanity, and mentioned that the circumstances behind it were written later and consistent with the general story line. Raiden then fought and lost to Naked Snake in the semifinals. This guy gets it. It would have resulted in an instant game over. Previously a child soldier under Solidus Snake, Raiden was later selected by the Patriots to test the S3 Plan at the Big Shell, as a new recruit to the reformed FOXHOUND unit. 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. 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. One of Raiden's nicknames was White Devil. 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. The mural, which adorned the side of the Aireside House on Aire St in Leeds . Armstrong's nanomachines gave him the upper hand and he easily snapped Raiden's HF Sword in half with his bare hands. Raiden was also similar to Gray Fox's adopted sister, Naomi, in that he was adopted by the same person who murdered his parents. Raiden and Blade Wolf then proceeded to leave for Solis. After some reassurance from Snake, the pair battled through the Arsenal Tengu commandos before encountering Dead Cell's leader Fortune. Eventually, as a way to "throw him a bone," he allowed the Blade Wolf to accompany him in his missions as a scout. Raiden's main characteristic was his long white-blond hair. Afterwards, he, under the cautions of the Blade Wolf, carefully navigated the cyborg-infested sewers before being ambushed by a Mastiff cyborg. He then reminded Raiden that the cyborgs, adults as they may be, had in fact felt forced to participate due to costs to gain cybernetics to even have a livelihood and not beg on the streets, even in America. In the mission, Raiden, having somehow time traveled to an unknown period of the past, was contacted by the Militaires Sans Frontires to aid them in taking out several Body-Snatchers that have taken over the United States Naval Prison Facility in Cuba from a crashed Soviet airplane, as his cybernetic body rendered him immune to being taken over by the body snatchers. He also fought against himself, such being the case with Red Raiden vs. Hideo Raiden and Black Raiden vs. White Raiden (and to some extent, "Fire" vs. "Ice"). Later, on December 2012, both the Metal Gear Rising website and metalgearsolidtv.com (a streaming site dedicated to Metal Gear Solid-related news and videos) revealed that, in addition to the Gray Fox download, the MGS4 armor, and possibly MGS2-era Raiden, Raiden will also have at least three unlockable armors: The White Armor, which has no relation to his MGS4-era armor despite having the same name, and which possesses on a special medical care system. Upon reaching the 20th floor of the lower half of the building (the regular workplace area), he then proceeded to destroy three power supply generators, including a backup supply, to deactivate a security gate for an elevator for the top half of the building where the research and development center was located. Afterwards, he ended up reaching the floor containing the server room, although he had to fight body doubles of both Mistral and Monsoon before confronting Sundowner at the room. He later found the kids, but was then forced by the head researcher to delay rescuing the children (who were being exposed to concentrated doses of chloroform) by holding George at gunpoint. 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." Snake wins the fight easily due to Raiden having terrible CQC skills, sitting in the "Main Character" chair, signalling a chime. Because of portions of Raiden's reconstructive surgery also included the implementation of an optical implant in Raiden's right eye, his normally blue eye occasionally glowed red. 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]. During his childhood in Liberia, Jack, on his tenth birthday, was ordered by Solidus Snake to decapitate ten captured Liberian terrorists responsible for killing Americans (each one representing a year in his life at the time) as the latter's "birthday present" for the former. literally means "thunder and lightning" or "thunder god" in Japanese. He could stretch out his legs as if they were arms to in this fashion as well, all without any strain or discomfort of any kind. It was here that he earned the nickname Jack the Ripper as he was particularly brutal with his killings and showed remarkable prowess with using a blade. Raiden's superhuman durability makes him virtually indestructible due to the parts of his body made entirely out of steel and artificial muscle fibers. A He was reunited with Snake, who assured him that he was not the puppet of anyone, and that he could shape his own destiny. Specifically, this cyborg body was modified to focus on support for allies in the battlefield, which includes an increased capacity of items relating to cyborg treatment and supplies for repairs; the Inferno armor, colored crimson and possessing a special attack system. Suspecting that an ambush awaited him, he carefully scanned for any potential enemies nearby, although the ground gave way underneath him. Raiden in Rising. 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. After Raiden cleared the final barricade, Raiden proceeded to take a motorcycle that caught his eye (coincidentally, the same one that Sam rode into Denver two years earlier), although not before leaving a "note" etched into the ground stating that he needed to return the vehicle to its owner. Raiden also showed great endurance and perseverance, as evidenced by his taking down multiple RAYs aboard Arsenal Gear, before becoming too exhausted to continue fighting. After hearing of Rose's miscarriage and subsequent marriage to Roy Campbell, Raiden became despondent. He also told Doktor to worry about delivering the brains, and also vowed that he'll keep his distance from what remained of World Marshal while heading to the Solis launch pad, which was fortunately also in Colorado. The AI instructed Raiden to kill Solidus, which he had no choice but to do so, for his own sake and for the sake of Olga's daughter and Rose/their unborn child. If tranquilized, he'd sometimes say "Rose". While operating as a private security consultant in Africa, Raiden worked with prime minister N'mani, who jokingly addressed him as "Mr. 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". The Metal Gear franchise is an undisputed classic. Social Ops White (MGS4) Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Joachim. 1. [37] Although his having dark hair was cut as his standard design, it was retained somewhat with the Infinity Wig unlockable item, which was depicted as a brown wig. He also decided to have Doktor arrive with a transport chopper when he was inside the World Marshal headquarters building so they could carry out all of the cyborg heads. When the Gekko commenced another assault, Snake and Raiden departed the area via a supply tunnel, within the recently reactivated REX. Eventually, without Solidus' knowledge, he was later removed by a non-governmental organization and taken to the United States. In the game, Raiden appears as he does in Metal Gear Solid 2, although his appearance was also directly based on his appearance in Metal Gear Raiden: Snake Eraser. The_Ivory_Man 9 years ago #8. spine, and most of his head, and I have a theory about some of his organs being human. 32. 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. Raiden during his time as a child soldier. 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]. According to Kojima, he planned for the story to be about Gray Fox, although he allowed his staff to use Raiden instead. When he first infiltrated the Big Shell, Raiden appeared to be a young and "inexperienced" agent of a "reformed" FOXHOUND unit, occasionally prone to emotional outbursts. In The Making of MGS4, Raiden's Japanese voice actor, Kenyu Horiuchi, expressed sympathy for Raiden's pain in Metal Gear Solid 4, and commented that despite his becoming a cyborg, he still retained largely human traits. [21] Raiden, upon returning to active combat, aggressively chose Maverick missions that directly related to Desperado's activities. But just as Snake leaves and before the credits roll, Raiden is seen eyeing up the chair, and as the screen fades to black, the same chime is heard. He then drove a black convertible until he spotted a sewer grate, to which he then entered the grate, although he was briefly spotted by two bewildered pedestrians.[23]. However, on the downside, he possesses less stamina and health points which makes him vulnerable when he is surrounded by enemies. 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. His abilities were likewise improved after his second cyborgification, to the extent that he joked that he wouldn't need any of his eyes to take down any of Desperado's cyborgs if ambushed. 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. Besides Metal Gear Raiden and the Director's trailer, he also has a brief cameo near the end of the film Payback, where he ends up being run over by the Shagohod. Blade Wolf later stated that it will depart with Raiden for Pakistan after finding a way off the chopper. He was calm under pressure, adaptive, and somewhat critical. He decided to forsake his sword for the mission, instead relying on a firearm. The giant portrait of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance protagonist Raiden in England has been replaced after seven years. Rosemary is the wife of Raiden as well as a psychological counselor, and formerly a data analyst and spy. He also was skilled at being attuned with nature, also known as scouting, which he gave Solid Snake pointers in it when contacting him about in South America. 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. Afterwards, Raiden was sent to a hospital where he was fitted with a new cybernetic body that featured artificial skin, giving him a somewhat more human appearance. As Solidus ordered the remaining RAYs to kill Raiden, the virus uploaded into GW went into effect, disabling the RAYs. Raiden's childhood trauma still has a significant toll on his mental state, although he repressed some of the memories of the atrocities he comitted. He then made his way to the balcony to access the rooftops via an elevator, as the highways were blocked off by the police. Raiden does not appear in the main story, but he is briefly referenced by his real name, Jack, in the special ending after the player managed to complete 40 VR missions, where he was being trained with various VR missions relating to Solid Snake's exploits in the Galuade Incident, presumably to make Raiden more powerful than Snake was during Galuade's fall. RAIDEN - This Raiden, taking upon the appearance of Gray Fox, is armed with the H.F Blade. 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. He was also willing to break the law if he knew it was morally right to do so, as evidenced by his decision and motives to conduct a corporate raid on World Marshal's headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Raiden prepares to combat Desperado cyborgs. Overall, he possesses similar stats to Old Snake and Naked Snake. [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. Raiden proceeded to fight against Pyramid Head from Silent Hill in the third round, defeating it. In the trailer for the Battle against RAY, Raiden is revealed to have a different HUD based on the one seen in Metal Gear Solid 4, because he was using a modified version of his original cyborg body, as well as the battle taking place before his duel with Sam. Sometime after arriving at the Big Shell Raiden unknowningly met up with Solid Snake, although the man was claiming his name was Iriqoius Pliskin in order to stop himself from being detected. Raiden's body, even before fighting sam, was 90% synthetic after the patriots "operated" on him. the only parts of him not synthetic were like his spinal cord, brain, and few other organs. The original render of Raiden from the game's reveal at E3 2009 showed him with a brown eye and a pale complexion. He also could grip, hold, and even throw objects with inhuman ease and precision in his mouth. During 2018, he often released discharges of electricity while moving. To slow down their pursuers, Raiden fell behind to hold them off, later being caught under debris caused by the Suicide Gekko's detonation, while Snake escaped to the port area. A day after the events of Abkhazia, he and Blade Wolf were dispatched to Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, one of 32 states within Mexico, to infiltrate a research facility. However, plans abruptly changed in 2018 when cyborg soldiers belonging to the Desperado Enforcement LLC. 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