He is a Liberian-American special forces . It's just horrible, no matter what kind of awesome magical ninja cyborg he ends up as. After finding a Dwarf Gekko and having it locate a mainframe system to access, he had the files forwarded to Doktor. In VR training, he is featured as three separate characters: RAIDEN - This is Raiden in his normal attire. Afterwards, he, under the cautions of the Blade Wolf, carefully navigated the cyborg-infested sewers before being ambushed by a Mastiff cyborg. NEW MERCH - https://www.pixelempire.com/mattmcmuscles BECOME A VIP MEMBER (and see early videos): https://www.patreon.com/mattmcmuscles SUBSCRIBE TO THE . Squall_exe (Topic Creator) 9 years ago #9. 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. Social Ops Commando Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Geo. Boris then reminded him that he had less than an hour to get to Solis. He began viewing himself as being "part of the 2%" of people who take joy in murdering enemies upon making their first kill in the battlefield. His first missions for Maverick had him working with Kevin Washington, where they were hired by the Carabinieri to track down three Albanian mafiosos that fled Italy for Montenegro, with orders to retrieve them. When playing as Raiden, he did a pose similar to that of Gray Fox in concept art for Metal Gear Solid. For three years starting 2015, Raiden was part of Maverick's recovery efforts to help rebuild an African country that had undergone a bloody civil war. In actuality, Raiden survived the fall, although he had to fight through several cyborgs. 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. 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, Rose assured him that he was no beast, but her husband. 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. Vamp proceeded to stab his old foe twice with his combat knife, tasting Raiden's artificial white blood from the blade. However, by the time he got to the control tower's vicinity, he discovered Blade Wolf's prone body. However, he also had to endure some physical abuse by Olga to ensure her cover was remained intact. Raiden and Snake, with RAY in the background. However, plans abruptly changed in 2018 when cyborg soldiers belonging to the Desperado Enforcement LLC. However, before they could get out of Denver airspace, they were ambushed by a pair of MQ-320s. Raiden (? is based on one of the main characters from the movie Titanic, along with his girlfriend Rose. In a leaked casting call for Metal Gear Rising, they requested for at least four live actors to portray characters for a trailer. 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. As Solidus ordered the remaining RAYs to kill Raiden, the virus uploaded into GW went into effect, disabling the RAYs. In the Japanese version, however, Raiden actually spoke with a deep bass voice. He doesn't, but inside he's depressed and empty. [73], Make It Right - "Arm" - METAL GEAR RISING, VIDEO DATA ACCESS FILE #01000001: Raiden's "arm surgery. Raiden and Maverick, when discussing it, then deduced that Operation Tecumseh involved ruining the peace talks at Pakistan to ensure another War on Terror. 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. Afterwards, Raiden and Sam decided to have a duel to the death, largely to see whose view will be remembered in history. 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. He was calm under pressure, adaptive, and somewhat critical. The European players' hatred of Raiden during that time was later referenced by Kojima in his commentary for Metal Gear Solid 3, when he guessed that the European players will most likely give Raikov a swift death. He even compared himself to the reaper when mentioning that they chose death when taking the job. When his Visor was closed, he could see all traps in the map. Kojima, regarding the release trailer on February 19, initially intended to use voice clips for Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 2, although he decided against it, as he didn't want to inflict killjoy on the trailer. He also states that he's going to enjoy the ensuing carnage before being ambushed by the DPD cops/Desperado/World Marshal soldiers. As Raiden snuck through Arsenal Gear's interior, the Colonel began to act strangely during Codec transmissions. Raiden also appeared in the series official site's Versus Battle, both in-game and via promotional products. 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. Raiden then reengaged Armstrong, gradually overpowering him. Raiden has a major role in one of the Secret Theater shorts made by Kojima Productions for their website, and included in Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. 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. Raiden, having been overtaken by his "Jack the Ripper" persona. 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. MGS4 Raiden skin bonus giveaway advert for Amazon. It is visible on the Medicom Action Figure based on the designs by Yoji Shinkawa, and usable when playing as Raiden in Metal Gear Online. 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.". 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. His parents were killed by George Sears (AKA Solidus Snake) and at a very young age Raiden was recruited into the child soldier program. Solidus also desired to kill him so he could access the backup data of the Patriots that was stored in his cerebral cortex in order to track them down, to compensate for the apparent destruction of GW. A fierce battle on top of Federal Hall ensued, and ended with Raiden emerging victorious over Solidus. Jack and the other members of the Small Boy Unit were forced to kill POWs and civilians. 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. For Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "What happened to Raiden's lightning powers?". Shortly after these events Raiden was attacked by Solidus Snake, revealed to be the leader of the terrorists. 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. This is especially evident in the "Make it Right" viral trailers, specifically the "Arm" and "Eye" trailers, which depicted Raiden's point of view throughout during his emergency surgery and showed various graphs, text, and machine code as he's analyzing his surroundings. 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]. At the time Raiden simply believed that Fatman was merely an agent of Dead Cell hell bent on revenge against his mentor, Peter Stilman. Learning that the facility removed brains from human children, and also the exact method of escape the boy went so he could narrow down the location, he placed him in a safe place while also issuing Maverick agents to retrieve George under his command. [33], At some point between his meeting with Rose and his participation in the Big Shell Incident, Rose had informed Raiden that he physically resembled the British singer/actor David Bowie from the latter's youth due to his androgynous features.[34]. [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. 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. 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. 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. Raiden also held some distrust for politicians, feeling that they "[gave] big promises, but [were] all talk," only sought to line their pockets with capital and maintain their approval ratings/votes", and overall had little, if any principles. 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. But, they were having difficulties with the fox engine to run such a high paced game, and the sword play. He left Sunny in the care of Otacon and Snake anonymously. 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. A long battle ensued with Raiden fighting off a Harrier jet piloted by Vamp with Solidus Snake inside. [deleted] 5 yr. ago. 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. Said episode later aired as part of the Konami Pre-E3 show. Upon the realization of the figure's identity, Raiden angrily demands to know where "he" is to the figure. 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. 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." He also read the French novel L'tranger. [45], Kojima has stated in interviews that Raiden was introduced primarily to attract new fans to the game so that he could ask questions that a veteran like Snake wouldn't ask, so as to avoid treating Snake like a rookie, and to make Snake appear more impressive as a character, an idea strongly defended by some fans. In a Codec conversation with Courtney, he told her that he learned Spanish while training with FOXHOUND. Zachary. 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. He began drinking heavily, getting into fights and eventually decided to leave her. Logo - Original News 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. His other unique weapons are the Mk.23 pistol and the Throwing Knife. Raiden appears as the playable main character in Metal Gear Rising, set four years after the events of MGS4. He shares this codename with the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden, an Imperial Japanese WWII fighter aircraft, which the Allied forces codenamed "Jack." Rose told Raiden that the child was in fact his, and her miscarriage had been a lie. Late response. He still has the backing of his. After successfully escaping, Raiden went on to assist Solid Snake during the Guns of the Patriots Incident. Deducing that World Marshal intended to frame Desperado with the attack on the President, Raiden decided to destroy the control tower, hoping to cause enough damage to get the United States military to realize something was wrong. He was adept with a variety of weapons, from small arms to surface-to-air missiles. Sometime prior to the Big Shell Incident, Jack was recruited into the supposedly reformed FOXHOUND, a special forces unit that no longer officially existed. The only downside was that, as he did not possess nanomachines at all, he was incapable of performing an SOP link. "Ivan," the first name of Raikov, is the Russian equivalent of "John," for which "Jack" is often used as a nickname in English. The memory bank procedure was then interrupted when a mysterious figure arrived in the OR, with the doctors denying him entry before Raiden demanding to know who it was and for the person to come closer. Although the prime minister was to be protected during the attack, the Desperado leader Sundowner had managed to abduct him after several cyborg soldiers ambushed his limo near the port along with a modified Metal Gear RAY unit. Raiden entered the lobby and also heard Sundowner's announcement congratulating Raiden on killing Monsoon and telling him to "go nuts." He then killed Sundowner after having a Slider crash into his Hammerhead late into the duel. Making his way to Solis via motorcycle, he re-encountered Sam. Raiden is conflicted through most of MGR, he's hurting, and he's fighting against himself. Raiden then fought and lost to Naked Snake in the semifinals. On April 30, 2007, Jack met Rosemary after transferring to Fort Hamilton[10] in New York City, and had an argument about King Kong. One of the ways he kills his enemies is based on Void Ninja Yoshimitsu's Flea Stance in the Tekken series. Combat Ability 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. 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. "I think it's time for Jack to LET 'ER RIP!!". His strength was also enough for him to effortlessly pry open a gate with his bare hands. Raiden appears in his Metal Gear Rising form for the Jamais Vu mission of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. '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. [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. Raiden's vengeful obsession with Desperado became personal when he discovered during a mission in Mexico that Desperado and World Marshal Inc. had kidnapped several children, surgically removed their brains to place into cybernetic bodies, and were planning to subject them to VR training modeled after his own. Raiden becomes available to play after achieving an "S" rank in every main Story Mission in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. 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. Raiden got a Resolve powerup. Rose and Raiden's son are safe in New Zealand. 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. [22] After crossing south to the border, Raiden stopped by a souvenir shop and purchased a Mariachi uniform (traditional garb for Mexican folk musicians) in a misguided attempt to blend in with the locals. 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. Nonetheless, he managed to buy enough time for the train to pass through the tunnel before Sam could kill him. Eventually Raiden plunged his arm into Armstrong and ripped out his nanite-altered heart, crushing it. 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]. Raiden's Japanese voice actor during this game was originally planned to be Toshiyuki Morikawa instead of his regular voice actor, Kenyu Horiuchi. This was really Olga Gurlokovich in disguise, and she had been ordered by the Patriots to assume the role of Gray Fox from Shadow Moses. 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. 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. 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