Much of the negative response was due largely to his apparent naive attitude, androgynous appearance, as well as acting as the protagonist over Snake. After hijacking the drone by impaling his sword in its brain, he told Doktor to turn the chopper around (as it was being tailed by the other drone), which he then did, with Raiden then proceeding to cut down the other drone just as it was passing by him via his sword. After successfully escaping, Raiden went on to assist Solid Snake during the Guns of the Patriots Incident. 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. She remarked about their similar pasts, although she quickly learned that the similarities ended there and that they were quite different as people. Shortly after the call, he was ambushed by cybernetic Denver cops under World Marshal's payroll, as they effectively had control over the city. Olga's motivation for doing so was the fact that the Patriots held her child hostage. This allowed him to wield his sword between his teeth, throw and jam his blade into a wall exactly in front of Snake to stop him, and fend off against several FROG soldiers without his arms. 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]. Blade Wolf then explained to Raiden that people are different. Raiden then reengaged Armstrong, gradually overpowering him. the only parts of him not synthetic were like his spinal cord, brain, and few other organs. 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. 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." At one point in Chapter R-02, Raiden asks Courtney how a certain food (Napolitanos) tasted, before dismissing the question and deciding that he can't "capture" anything down in the sewers, nor does he really need to anyway. [13], In time, Raiden decided to return to the military sector, seeking a non-combat position so that he could provide for his family. After the war ended, Solidus had Jack placed in a relief center. At the Big Shell Raiden's mission was to rescue the President of the United States and to stop the terrorists who were said to be demanding a huge amount of money as ransom. Just as Raiden was about to be killed, Olga came to his aid. Raiden then proceeded to jump out to hijack a drone so he could defend the chopper. 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. They needed time, but they didn't have any. Another nickname of his was "Jack the Ripper," a pseudonym for an unidentified serial killer in 1888 who was active in the largely impoverished districts in and around Whitechapel, London. During the attack on Outer Haven, he also appeared amidst several lightning strikes that killed several FROGS. He began drinking heavily, getting into fights and eventually decided to leave her. 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. White (Medical) Raiden Skin bonus giveaway advert for KonamiStyle floppy-calendar/I-PACA. In 2014, Raiden reappeared in South America, revealing himself to Solid Snake by Codec to warn him of an enemy PMC ambush. The negative reception towards Raiden and Rose was also alluded to regarding Raiden and Rose's VR avatars in the same story line, in the scene where Solidus is forced to summon their avatars, where it was stated their misdeeds earned them "the combined hate of the entire universe" as well as the ability to "destroy a world" simply by there mere presence, and thus they were infamous in countless universes.[45]. Rosemary then called him, to which he eventually admitted to her his past as one of Liberia's child soldiers, also revealing this was why he was very distant towards her. Because the portion of Denver that World Marshal was at was evacuated, there were a lot of abandoned cars, so Raiden was going to borrow a vehicle. 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. [73], Make It Right - "Arm" - METAL GEAR RISING, VIDEO DATA ACCESS FILE #01000001: Raiden's "arm surgery. However, as it was abandoned, he also had to navigate the UG-infested area while in the dark. The Metal Gear franchise is an undisputed classic. He also supplied Blade Wolf with Sam's sword, at the unmanned gear's request. After eliminating it, he then used the catwalks to evade being spotted by the Mastiffs. Another trait of Raiden was also incorporated into Snake as well (having the same name). [18] Afterward, the staff had to remove his left eye, as his optical nerve was completely destroyed, resulting in him flashing back to his watching war footage as a child soldier. After undergoing surgery to clear his body of nanomachines and being saved by Drago Pettrovich Madnar, he was successful in reclaiming Big Boss' remains from the Patriots. 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." Raiden offered his services to Philanthropy, but Snake told him to take care of his personal affairs first. 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. Because of his status as a cyborg, his left arm also was directly connected to his cranial nerves. [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. 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. 500 His other unique weapons are the Mk.23 pistol and the Throwing Knife. Upon the realization of the figure's identity, Raiden angrily demands to know where "he" is to the figure. Raiden was mentioned to have gained information from GW relating to Big Boss's location, which explained how the Paradise Lost Army managed to locate and steal his body. (Spanish for "Goodbye, friends!"). Snake wins the fight easily due to Raiden having terrible CQC skills, sitting in the "Main Character" chair, signalling a chime. Olga's final words were for Raiden to live. However, this ended up being rejected by Kojima,[38] although a similar design would be used for the character The Fear. To him, at that moment, it felt like a scene from Beauty and the Beast. 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. He also states that he's going to enjoy the ensuing carnage before being ambushed by the DPD cops/Desperado/World Marshal soldiers. Afterwards, Raiden and Sam decided to have a duel to the death, largely to see whose view will be remembered in history. However, his skills at Russian were less than stellar. HF. The civil war? Raiden's surgery following the events of Liquid Ocelot's Insurrection, where he was reunited with Rose and first met Little John, took place in a hospital in Maryland.[35]. Although Raiden himself is not actually playable in Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance's Snake Tales stories, he is briefly alluded to indirectly in one of the stories, External Gazer. Raiden and Sundowner then encountered each other, with the latter also referring to him as "Jack." Her marriage to Campbell had actually been a ploy to protect herself and their son from the Patriots, so that he could not be used as leverage against Raiden. 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. Shortly after these events Raiden was attacked by Solidus Snake, revealed to be the leader of the terrorists. He then encountered a Grad that was blocking his way and defeated it. After hearing of Rose's miscarriage and subsequent marriage to Roy Campbell, Raiden became despondent. In actuality, Raiden survived the fall, although he had to fight through several cyborgs. Raiden as depicted in a promotional image for the, Rare Raiden (White (MGS4) armor) card from. Mexican Rising demo with Raiden in a Sombrero and Poncho, from the back. [4] Jack was subsequently raised as a child soldier and later fought in the country's Civil War in 1989. Raiden is protecting a VIP, when they are attacked by a cyborg organization led by the cyborg Samuel Rodrigues, which eventually leaves Raiden completely defeated. Lightning Bolt" when he learnt what Raiden's name translated to. Late response. Raiden, however, also expressed disgust towards the Patriots' actions, and made it clear beforehand that he will not follow their commands anymore. 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. In it, Raiden went to the unemployment office at 4:00 PM on a Tuesday (16:00 hours), having been unemployed from Corporate America for four years due to the bad economy, where his unemployment manager attempts to help him get a job, but all the job offers he gets end up going horribly wrong, including an entertainer for children's birthday parties (accidentally destroyed the table and moon bounce while attempting to cut the cake bushido-style during a birthday party for a five year old kid named Leonard); plumber (wrecked Ricky's toilet further while attempting to use his sword as a plunger at 8:00 AM (08:00 hours) on Friday); Gourmet chef (overdid the Japanese Steak House-style cutting of Red and Green peppers at a Gourmet Restaurant at 7:00 PM (19:00 hours) on a Friday, causing the patrons of a Gourmet Restaurant to lose their appetite and be covered in mowed down pieces of pepper); Professional Dog Walker (accidentally electrocuted the dogs to serious injury when attempting to restrain them); Town crier (mostly rang bells to an at best ignored response from the townspeople while not declaring anything); implied professional skateboarder ("Ladies love skateboarders"; Raiden attempted to do a trick, but fumbled, causing his skateboard to go flying into a park goer's meal); Breakdancer (attempted a break-dance move, but his legs kept spinning around apparently due to a malfunction); and artist (did a picture of a cupid, only to be told by the guy nearby that his artwork sucked). After wiping out the security at the base, he and Courtney discovered that World Marshal's XIFF ID came up as "unaffiliated;" the same XIFF ID that Desperado had during the African ambush. The first conversation, gained when calling Zero while wearing the mask during the Virtuous Mission, will have Zero comment that he, "for some reason, doesn't like it," in response to Naked Snake's reason that wearing the mask seemed "nostalgic." 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]. 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, Raiden is not a playable character in Metal Gear Solid 4. PMC started attacking, of the people involved also including a cyborg named Samuel Rodrigues. After George told him to not worry about him and just save the children and stop the scientist, Raiden decided to act. Besides his role in Jamais Vu, Raiden also appears as two officer characters for the Mother Base developer in the Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Companion App. 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. He later learned from Courtney that the agents couldn't find George. 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. [56] However, for the European versions, the White armor, Inferno Armor, and Commando Armor is included as a free download in the European collector's edition from Zavvi,[57] the GAME pre-order,[58] and pre-orders from other retailers,[59] respectively, and in America, the Inferno and White Armor was included with Metal Gear Rising if pre-ordered from Amazon.com. Suspicious about his C.O. 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. '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. 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]. He then fought with the leader of the forces stationed at Abkhazia, Mistral. Career Disavowing his identity as Jack, Raiden updated Snake as to his dealings with the Paradise Lost Army, before the call was interrupted due to a firefight. As Raiden snuck through Arsenal Gear's interior, the Colonel began to act strangely during Codec transmissions. Though probably they forgot about that part of mgs 1 and he died of old age a few weeks later. 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. When Sunny confronted Raiden about this via Codec, Raiden mentioned he thought the gate was simply unlocked for him. 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, having been overtaken by his "Jack the Ripper" persona. 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. 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. Another letter regarding the retrieval of Raiden's arm further implies that the amputated body part was in fact his left arm. He also seemed to understand at least some French, as he understood Mistral's last words. After a brief exchange, Sunny then showed them the device she built. -9. 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]. ", 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. [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. 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. 15. Raiden entered the lobby and also heard Sundowner's announcement congratulating Raiden on killing Monsoon and telling him to "go nuts." This codename stayed with him after the Manhattan incident until the Patriots' fall. Eventually, he settles for "cybernetic private military security soldier" as his last chance at a job where he was met with implied success. Raiden later assisted in Snake and Naomi's escape by helicopter, by fighting off several Gekko units at a local marketplace. Raiden studied scouting techniques under a Native American shaman living in Alaska, and learned to hunt. Command Raiden Skin bonus giveaway advert for Geo. [62] Another update on the official site indicated that the MGS4 Raiden skin would be available via pre-order from Amazon for the Japanese version of Metal Gear Rising. Instead of the usual CQC three-hit combo, he instead started a spin kick which continued as long as the user kept tapping R1. [3] During his youth, in the turbulent period that was the First Liberian Civil War, Jack was adopted by Solidus Snake, who named him and became his godfather after he killed the former's parents. Raiden had some knowledge of pop culture, as his meeting with Rose occurred from an argument relating to the building the titular monster climbed in the film King Kong (Rose claimed it was the Chrysler Building which Raiden pointed out was in Godzilla), and was at least familiar with the film Escape from New York, as he deduced the partial origin of Solid Snake's alias, Iroquois Pliskin, from that film. Raiden was skilled at cleaning up messes, as he mentioned to the Colonel regarding not leaving stuff lying around at Strut C during the Big Shell Incident. Hideo Kojima personally requested the development of Raiden as a means to develop Snake from a third-person perspective. His parents were killed by George Sears (AKA Solidus Snake) and at a very young age Raiden was recruited into the child soldier program. 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. The presence of Raiden in the game was announced to the Japanese press on the same day as the game's release in North America. Social Ops Black Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Edion Corporation. It also specified that it's not a pre-order bonus. The armors were also included in-game as unlockables. Raiden in Rising. Main Article. Raiden's superhuman speed enabled him to run extremely fast for great distances. II, Raiden relayed a coded message from Sunny to Naomi, regarding the completion of the FOXALIVE computer virus. However, they eventually got the latter to reprise his role when Metal Gear Solid: Rising was revamped into Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Also when the player equips the night vision goggles or thermal goggles, the visor is shut taking on the full appearance. Likewise, the reasons for his creation, as well as the fan controversy that ensued, were also given subtle references in the game via two radio conversations, both involving the character Major Zero. The eye color was rectified in a promotional render released several months later via the online game Metal Gear Solid: Piece Walker. Raiden and Blade Wolf then proceeded to leave for Solis. 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. [29] He also became somewhat cocky as well, as evidenced by, after kicking an enemy soldier into a parked black car hard enough to almost flip over the car as well as set off the car alarm, his remarking that it was "too easy" before promptly cutting up the enemy soldier. In VR training, he is featured as three separate characters: RAIDEN - This is Raiden in his normal attire. Following his debut in Metal Gear Solid 2, Raiden was met with a mixed reception from fans of the series. 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. Similarly, Quinton Flynn, around the same time, mentioned that he wasn't approached to reprise his role in Metal Gear Solid: Rising,[48] implying that Raiden would have a different voice actor in the English version as well, although Flynn ultimately did reprise the role when the game was revamped into Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Once unlocked, Raiden becomes a skin available to use on missions and in the open world, and he has the fastest sprint speed in the game. In a leaked casting call for Metal Gear Rising, they requested for at least four live actors to portray characters for a trailer. 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. So today I am here to make that story a little easi. 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." In this case, it was a reference to his skill and cruelty with a blade, a trait that was ingrained into him by Solidus. Stunned, Raiden forgave Rose once again, as she felt desperately guilty from being unable to tell him due to the danger doing so presented. However, this concept ended up being cut in the final version.[44]. A fierce battle on top of Federal Hall ensued, and ended with Raiden emerging victorious over Solidus. Raiden prepares to combat Desperado cyborgs. Raiden got a Resolve powerup. [38] A January 7, 1999 note by Hideo Kojima in MGS2 The Making also indicated that Raiden's real name was neither Raiden nor Jack, but was instead going to be Fanshawe, as a reference to Paul Auster's novel The Locked Room. He also read the French novel L'tranger. In order to test Raiden and continue moulding him into a perfect weapon of destuction against Solidus Snake the Patriots contracted the bomber known as Fatman to provided Raiden's first official test aboard the Big Shell. Social Ops White (MGS4) Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Joachim. Afterwards, when Andrey Dolzaev called Mistral upon her death, Raiden picked up the radio and told him to surrender. With the help of the Paradise Lost Army, Raiden managed to escape his captivity. A ", Make It Right - "Sword" - METAL GEAR RISING. While escaping with Doktor, he fell off the cargo helicopter and survived largely intact, while leaving a large crater. 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. 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. One of his training sessions at FOXHOUND was at Fort Polk, within a mock Afghan village. This was the first step towards recreating the events of Shadow Moses as part of the Patriot's plot. Under Solidus, Jack became a killing machine, known alternately as the "White Devil" and "Jack the Ripper" due to his incredibly high kill rate compared to other boys his age, as well as a reference to his being one of the few Caucasians born in Liberia. Upon reaching a barricade vehicle, he decided to speed up enough to have the RPG blast flip the car over the barricade. With Jack, they requested for the actor to be within the 8-12 year range, have blond wavy hair and blue eyes, being athletic, have no scars on the arms, possess dramatic acting, and if possible possess a slight Greek or Italian accent. What started out as essentially a recon mission turned into a resignation and all-out personal war. Black Raiden Play Arts Kai figurine, final color model. After successfully escaping, Raiden went on to assist Solid Snake during the Guns of the Patriots Incident. After finding a Dwarf Gekko and having it locate a mainframe system to access, he had the files forwarded to Doktor. In addition, he was also led to believe that his child had died from a miscarriage. Deducing that Maverick was not going to go after World Marshal for their actions due to the illegal nature of going after them, Raiden sent a resignation letter to Boris. As he made sure the calculations based on the GPS data were correct, he deduced that Desperado had beaten him to it. Logo - Original News Although Raiden was quite popular with the Japanese fandom as a result of his appearance, which Shinkawa noted resembled the stereotypical manga hero,[70] the international fandom had a negative reception regarding the character, with some, such as writer James Newman, even comparing him to the Star Wars prequeltrilogy character Jar Jar Binks in terms of poor reception. The 166th session of the KP Report Podcast also revealed that Raiden was the only character in the game to be designed by Yoji Shinkawa.[55]. Jack and the other members of the Small Boy Unit were forced to kill POWs and civilians. Blade Wolf later stated that it will depart with Raiden for Pakistan after finding a way off the chopper. After completing all the Special Mission stages in the previously released Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, a mysterious person named No. Upon arrival, Raiden was ambushed by several Desperado soldiers via stealth camouflage, although his upgrades effectively made their efforts to kill him fruitless. When his Visor was closed, he could see all traps in the map. Raiden was aided during his fight against the Harrier by Solid Snake who threw supplies out of a helicopter. "I think it's time for Jack to LET 'ER RIP!!". Raiden was the only known Cyborg Ninja to have survived, and also the only one who hadn't fought Solid Snake. Eventually, Jack grew to love Rose deeply, but his harsh experiences had left him melancholic and emotionally distant, and he constantly shut her out of his problems. After 9/11, Raiden's name began to be written in kanji as . This guy gets it. 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