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. This greatly angered Raiden, but her transmission was cut off, just as she revealed that she was pregnant with his child. 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. ), real name Jack, also known as Jack the Ripper, White Devil, and Snake, was a Liberian-American mercenary and former special forces soldier. He is protected by Olga, again dressed as the Cyborg Ninja. Informing Boris of this development, he was then instructed to find a landing zone, as they were sending a chopper to extract him from the area. the only parts of him not synthetic were like his spinal cord, brain, and few other organs. B 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. Raiden's original render, alongside the updated version, demonstrating his appearance in Metal Gear Rising. Raiden then fell into the cityscape. 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. After finding a Dwarf Gekko and having it locate a mainframe system to access, he had the files forwarded to Doktor. After locating and destroying Metal Gear, Solid Snake discovers the mercenary leader is Big Boss (Venom Snake), and defeats his former commander. A child soldier, raised to kill, that was brought to America and told not to kill. A teaser image of a medical report on the Revengeance site implies that he got retinal damage from injuries that resulted in several lacerations and the amputation of a redacted body part. A fierce battle on top of Federal Hall ensued, and ended with Raiden emerging victorious over Solidus. CG render of Raiden, with his visor lowered. 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. Making his way to Solis via motorcycle, he re-encountered Sam. He then fought with the leader of the forces stationed at Abkhazia, Mistral. Because of his earlier failure to protect the African Prime Minister, and Desperado's involvement, he also had an extremely cold outlook regarding the cyborg members of Desperado, claiming that they were nothing more than "walking vending machines" (referring to his capability of yanking specific electrolyte body parts to recharge his cyborg body after cutting them up). Equipment Doktor, having learned of Raiden's survival, then contacted Raiden after Raiden took care of some cyborgs. Upon arrival at Solis, Raiden and Blade Wolf met up with the check-in guard for their appointment with Sunny. He was voiced by Tim Paige. During the civil war that began in 1989, an exceptionally young Jack began his military career. 15. 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 mural, which adorned the side of the Aireside House on Aire St in Leeds . In addition, "Raiden" was initially supposed to be his real name, with his full name being "Raiden Brannigan," during development. 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. Sometime prior to the Big Shell Incident, Jack was recruited into the supposedly reformed FOXHOUND, a special forces unit that no longer officially existed. However, before they could get out of Denver airspace, they were ambushed by a pair of MQ-320s. A Gekko reinforcements were eventually able to restrain Raiden on behalf of their commander, Vamp. As a cyborg, he also had elevated pieces on his feet, near his heel portion. Tribute to Metal Gear character Raiden. After becoming a cyborg, Raiden possessed incredible superhuman strength, speed, and endurance. His strength was also enough for him to effortlessly pry open a gate with his bare hands. Boris then reminded him that he had less than an hour to get to Solis. 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. Prior to finding out that Pliskin was in fact Snake, he also held some respect for Pliskin in terms of mentorship and camaraderie. The second conversation, unlocked after completing the Raikov disguise, has Major Zero commenting that the disguise "is irritating [Zero] already." 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. For most of the game's development, Raidens name was written in katakana as or literally "Raiden." However, as it was abandoned, he also had to navigate the UG-infested area while in the dark. It was Raiden's job, along with Solid Snake - to freeze these bombs and eventually confont Fatman, who Raiden killed atop one of the struts of the Big Shell. Suspecting that an ambush awaited him, he carefully scanned for any potential enemies nearby, although the ground gave way underneath him. Raiden didn't split up with his family he was just working a job for a security company when cuhrayzee happened. This codename stayed with him after the Manhattan incident until the Patriots' fall. 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. In the aftermath of the Liberian Civil War the young Jack was removed by Solidus Snake from Liberia and placed in a relief centre. In the 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 then made his way to downtown Denver to their headquarters building to rescue the brains, feeling that, even if he wasn't able to save them from becoming cyborgs, he could at least prevent them from experiencing the same childhood as he did during Liberia. But, they were having difficulties with the fox engine to run such a high paced game, and the sword play. Jack was born on a rainy day in Liberia. His other unique weapons are the Mk.23 pistol and the Throwing Knife. With his custom cyborg body, his durability increased tremendously, as demonstrated in Denver, Colorado after raiding World Marshal HQ. He then revealed that he knew Sam from three prior wars. 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. 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. Raiden appears as the playable main character in Metal Gear Rising, set four years after the events of MGS4. In Portable Ops Plus, Raiden becomes playable in Infinity Mission mode after beating the game on Hard mode. However, Raiden is not a playable character in Metal Gear Solid 4. Social Ops Inferno Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Tsutaya. As a direct result of the disastrous events in Africa, Raiden had become somewhat bloodthirsty, yet harboring a strong desire for justice. Raiden and Maverick, when discussing it, then deduced that Operation Tecumseh involved ruining the peace talks at Pakistan to ensure another War on Terror. One of his training sessions at FOXHOUND was at Fort Polk, within a mock Afghan village. Raiden then jumped to board the chopper, but the railing broke from the weight of his body. 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 was born in Liberia on what he stated was a 'rainy day'. Raiden also shares many similarities to Eli (Liquid Snake) during the events of MGSV as a Caucasian soldier who commanded other child soldiers in African countries (Raiden in Liberia and Liquid in Angolia). Raiden encountered Boris again and, after discussing Maverick Security Consulting, Inc., accepted Boris' request to join the PMC as a full-time employee, forgoing the typical contraction method. Max STMN One of his failures also had him encountering Colonel Volgin in the prison, referring to his similar appearance to Raikov. 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. His body had similar design to that of a Gekko, as his feet could be used as hands, allowing him to grip and grab hold of objects and edges in a similar manner to an ape or bat. Rose even says as much in MGS2. Lightning Bolt," in reference to his original code name. ", Make It Right - "Sword" - METAL GEAR RISING. Raiden killing a Mastiff in a trailer for, Raiden absorbing power from the spine of the fallen Mastiff in. 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. In these games, Yoshimitsu is able to crouch on his sword, and like Raiden, he is a cybernetic ninja due to having a mechanical arm that rapidly rotates for his Dragonfly Stance. Armstrong believed that America had rotted to the core, so he intended to remake America so the citizens will all fight, die, and kill for whatever they individually believed in. Some of Raikov's interrogation quotes are also direct references to things Raiden said at various points in Metal Gear Solid 2. The same unemployment officer also helped Jehuty from Zone of the Enders get a job (starting with Children's Birthday Party Entertainer, just as he suggested to Raiden beforehand), although he spent most of his time terrorizing the neighborhood as the episode ended. The following information has been detailed in official, req's Lumiere Du Ciel and Marches Du Ciel, Raiden, in the Skull Suit, is featured as a sticker in. Quintion Flynn (US)Toshiyuki Morikawa (JAP). In addition, his durability was such that he claimed that he was immune to the effects of microwave emitters. Rose told Raiden that the child was in fact his, and her miscarriage had been a lie. Because of his durability, Raiden, at times, had to resort to self mutilation in order to get his missions done, such as stabbing himself with his own blade to subdue Vamp and slicing his own arm off to free himself from fallen debris so he could save Snake. The mention by Colonel on how Raiden completed 300 VR missions only occurs if the player beat the Tanker Chapter immediately prior to the Plant Chapter. 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. [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. How could she know about that?". [28] Raiden, having overheard that comment with a directional microphone, called her via Codec to set her straight that his hair is actually real and not a wig. However, by the time he got to the control tower's vicinity, he discovered Blade Wolf's prone body. Unbenknownst to Jack FOXHOUND had been long since disbanded, and this was yet another deception by the Patriots. Could she mean Liberia? As such most what is told to Raiden when he first arrives at the Big Shell is complete fabrication. [deleted] 5 yr. ago. 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. He has. The enhancements implanted throughout Raiden's body, however, were too severe to allow him to live a normal life again. 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. For Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "What happened to Raiden's lightning powers?". After the Colonel claimed that Rose was being held hostage, Raiden began to fear that Rose didn't exist either, and that all his memories of her might have been falsified. 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. A A Raiden and Sundowner then encountered each other, with the latter also referring to him as "Jack." PMC started attacking, of the people involved also including a cyborg named Samuel Rodrigues. Raiden had a few cards depicting his original Metal Gear Solid 2 appearance, his HD artwork for the same game, his Metal Gear Solid 4 appearance, and his various appearances in Metal Gear Rising. Kojima also admitted that he would have taken on a directing role instead of a producing role if Fox was the main character. 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 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. Raiden (), real name Jack, also known as Jack the Ripper, White Devil, and Snake, was a Liberian-American mercenary. [5] Raiden was originally supposed to get a completely new cybernetic eye to replace the one he lost, but Doktor was unable to create it before the surgery, so he had to wear a makeshift eye-patch for a while. Raiden's body, even before fighting sam, was 90% synthetic after the patriots "operated" on him. A he shot himself. [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. It's explained that he's a part of the program for finding work for the cyborg orphans. In 2018, Raiden became a member of Maverick Security Consulting, Inc., doing multiple tasks while raising money for his family. In large part because of his PTSD-induced nightmares, he also refused to sleep next to Rose out of fear of hurting her. In addition, he also assured them that when the player play the game, they'll like Raiden a lot more than in Metal Gear Solid 2. The rejected early design for Raiden was also reused for the Cobra Unit member, The Fear.[40]. After George told him to not worry about him and just save the children and stop the scientist, Raiden decided to act. 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). 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. If the player failed to do so, he will mention that underwater operations wasn't covered in VR training. Despite the scientist's attempts to silence George, George's encouragement was enough for Raiden to agree to cutting down both the scientist and George. The word "Raiden" (, "Raiden"?) 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. The result was Raiden would end up having his left arm severed and having his left eye irreparably damaged, the former of which he lamented having lost once again. Uprising in the first round, largely due to his cybernetics, and in spite of Krystal's many armaments. Armed with a gun at the age of six, he would later remember it as an AK rifle, as well as a knife, he proved to be a superior soldier, rising to become captain of the Small Boy Unit at ten. Several of Raiden's skills in the game have names referencing thunder and lightning. 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 then looks up and says "Adios, amigos" (Spanish for "Goodbye, friends") before departing and closing the grate, also leaving his sombrero behind. 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]. Max LIFE This child would turn out to be Sunny, who first appeared in Metal Gear Solid 4. Athlete If tranquilized, he'd sometimes say "Rose". Shortly thereafter, Raiden himself collapsed from the injuries afflicted by Vamp, urging Snake to find Big Mama in Eastern Europe. It is currently unknown whether America will get it as well, although the official site implied that it will be released in areas outside Japan at a future date. However, his skills at Russian were less than stellar. 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. Social Ops Commando Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Geo. Raiden also displayed signs of mental and emotional instability and a dissociative identity around the time he started his missions involving Desperado. He also seemed to understand at least some French, as he understood Mistral's last words. Upon the realization of the figure's identity, Raiden angrily demands to know where "he" is to the figure. 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. The mask was created primarily as an excuse to allow people who liked Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2 to technically play as him, owing to his popularity in Japan. 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. . Before he can question this Ames suddenly dies of an apparent heart attack. 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. [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. This eventually culminated in Rose entering his room without his permission, which was devoid of any personal objects save for a bed and a desk. Snake consoled Raiden but refused his request due to his incomplete blood dialysis, and urging the younger soldier not to follow the same path that his own life had taken. When the Gekko commenced another assault, Snake and Raiden departed the area via a supply tunnel, within the recently reactivated REX. 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. He implied that he gained the skill at cleaning up from having to clean up various messes that Rosemary left at her apartment. Kojima has also explicitly stated that Raiden is his favorite character in Metal Gear Solid 2, a view that was also shared by Flynn. is based on one of the main characters from the movie Titanic, along with his girlfriend Rose. Raiden then reengaged Armstrong, gradually overpowering him. White (Medical) Raiden Skin bonus giveaway advert for KonamiStyle floppy-calendar/I-PACA. Jack and other surviving members of the Small Boy Unit then underwent extensive amounts of counseling before becoming at least outwardly stable. Raiden himself did VIP protection, military training, and other related jobs. After locating Solidus within the gap between parallel universes and learning of Solidus's plan to ensure that he and his alternate selves survive their fated defeats via interfering with the Koppelthorn Engine, he uses his abilities via the Koppelthorne Engine to seal Solid Snake into the body of a "young, blond man" and experience various surreal realities (alluding to Raiden as well as acting as a subtle nod towards Raiden replacing Snake as the main protagonist in the main story). Raiden then proceeded to jump out to hijack a drone so he could defend the chopper. 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. Pressing on, Raiden made his way to rendezvous with Snake, and was eventually contacted by Rose. Like Solidus and Fortune, Raiden's other name is also that of a playing card - King, Queen, and Jack, respectively. 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. 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. Raiden was the only known Cyborg Ninja to have survived, and also the only one who hadn't fought Solid Snake. 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. 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. The doctor then managed to resuscitate Raiden and ordered the beginning of the optical implant, with Raiden wondering what happened to him. Raiden holding the high-frequency blade. It's mentioned in a Codec. 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. Instead, Kiefer Sutherland's voice clips of Big Boss were re-used for Raiden's interrogation of enemy soldiers, although slightly modified to sound more "mechanical.". At the time Raiden simply believed that Fatman was merely an agent of Dead Cell hell bent on revenge against his mentor, Peter Stilman. He shares this career with his look-alike, Raikov. [11] On his way to the Big Shell, he also found that the oil fence had a recently-cut hole, implying that someone other than him had managed to sneak in. He was calm under pressure, adaptive, and somewhat critical. Non-"Metal Gear Saga" information ends here. [69] He then faced off against and defeated Devil Zukin from Dance Dance Revolution 3rd mix in the second round. 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. The transport chopper had limited defenses, including an EMP generator that could deflect missiles, but not the drones themselves. Around the time Emma Emmerich's worm cluster was starting to affect GW, after the Colonel insinuated that Rosemary had cheated on Raiden with another man the Saturday before the mission, Raiden privately angrily denied it to be the case, but then started to doubt whether he knew her as well as he did. Jack, codename Raiden, is the main protagonist of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. He later learned from Courtney that the agents couldn't find George. 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. Fatman placed several bombs at strategic structural points of the Big Shell. Another letter regarding the retrieval of Raiden's arm further implies that the amputated body part was in fact his left arm. 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. This, alongside Maverick's previous cybernetic maintenance person going into hiding, resulted in him being performed on by a German cyberneticist nicknamed "Doktor" (which was also the latter's first time doing a full-body conversion). Raiden then battled against Sam within the train tunnel. Instead of the usual CQC three-hit combo, he instead started a spin kick which continued as long as the user kept tapping R1. Naomi recognized that he required a white blood transfusion and dialysis, which they procured for him while in Europe, with help from his former acquaintance, Dr. Madnar. Senator Armstrong then stepped out of the cockpit and explained his motives regarding the fall of SOP and the ruin of the American economy. Afterwards, he, under the cautions of the Blade Wolf, carefully navigated the cyborg-infested sewers before being ambushed by a Mastiff cyborg. 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. On the week of June 12, during Kojima's Metal Gear Rising demonstration in Mexico, Raiden's CGI model for the demo's menu was slightly modified to include a sombrero and cloak as a hint as to what exclusives the Latin American version will have. However, at some point, the story was shifted to taking place years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4. Because of his status as a cyborg, his left arm also was directly connected to his cranial nerves. 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