Jack and the other members of the Small Boy Unit were forced to kill POWs and civilians. This confuses Raiden, who had been told by Colonel Campbell that this is the case. He also seemed to understand at least some French, as he understood Mistral's last words. [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]. Olga's final words were for Raiden to live. 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. A 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. With Raiden, they requested the actor to be a male caucasian, within the 23-25 year range, possessing longish blond hair, an athletic build, no scars yet possessing tattoos, plus if possible some hand to hand combat/swordplay experience as well as a slight Greek or Italian accent. Afterwards, Raiden learned from Kevin the identity of the VIP: Colorado Senator Steven Armstrong, and also deduced that World Marshal, the PMC he had previously been investigated by a grand jury in 2016, was involved in Desperado's activities, and acted as their supplier of cyborg personnel. He also had a dry sense of humor and was somewhat sarcastic during this time as well, as he responded to Boris when he asked how it felt to be flying like a bird (referring to his being carried over by the MQ-133C flying wing to Abkhazia) that it felt like "a bird strapped to a rocket.". In addition, he also assured them that when the player play the game, they'll like Raiden a lot more than in Metal Gear Solid 2. Raiden himself makes a cameo appearance as a poster in the locker that Naked Snake places Raikov inside upon stripping him of his uniform, as a subtle reference to their similar physical appearances. The eye color was rectified in a promotional render released several months later via the online game Metal Gear Solid: Piece Walker. Afterwards, he, under the cautions of the Blade Wolf, carefully navigated the cyborg-infested sewers before being ambushed by a Mastiff cyborg. Prior to being dispatched, Raiden's superiors also removed his natural blood, placed it in cold storage, and replaced it with a nanite filled blood substitute instead. 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. A He still has the backing of his. 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. His strength, although greatly benefiting him, can also get him into big trouble, a notable instance of this was when he arrived at Solis, where he accidentally (and unknowingly) wrecked the front gate's electronic lock. He then revealed that he knew Sam from three prior wars. Social Ops Commando Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Geo. As Solidus ordered the remaining RAYs to kill Raiden, the virus uploaded into GW went into effect, disabling the RAYs. II, Raiden relayed a coded message from Sunny to Naomi, regarding the completion of the FOXALIVE computer virus. After the war ended, Solidus had Jack placed in a relief center. In 2014, Raiden reappeared in South America, revealing himself to Solid Snake by Codec to warn him of an enemy PMC ambush. He then made his way to the balcony to access the rooftops via an elevator, as the highways were blocked off by the police. 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. According to Kojima, he planned for the story to be about Gray Fox, although he allowed his staff to use Raiden instead. 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." 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. Afterwards, he had a fistfight with Armstrong, who had used EXCELSUS' wires to activate his nanomachines. Raiden, having been overtaken by his "Jack the Ripper" persona. The game-play strives to allow the player to replicate the same kind of feats that Raiden performed in Metal Gear Solid 4. Raiden appears in his Metal Gear Rising form for the Jamais Vu mission of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Social Ops Black Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Edion Corporation. Additionally, the oxygen mask that Snake wears during the HALO jump bears an intentional resemblance to the diving mask that Raiden wears in the opening of Metal Gear Solid 2. 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. 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. Raiden is a true Immortal in both his "Mortal form" and Ethereal true form, even if his body is completely destroyed his essence will reform in his native Realm. After Fatman was dead Raiden was contacted directly by 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. He then began work on retrieving Big Boss' remains from the Patriots for the Paradise Lost Army, leading to his capture. [13], In time, Raiden decided to return to the military sector, seeking a non-combat position so that he could provide for his family. Raiden was forced to confront the PMC's modified Metal Gear RAY while Sundowner made his escape, which he fought three times due to its persistence and eventually culminated in Raiden running his HF Blade down its spine. 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. 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. Raiden was aided during his fight against the Harrier by Solid Snake who threw supplies out of a helicopter. By the time of 2018, he became an adherent of the katsujinken ("sword that gives life") and issatsu tasho ("one life to save a thousand") philosophies originating in Japanese Buddhism, which justify the taking of lives in order to protect society, preserve justice, and defend the weak. Raiden didn't split up with his family he was just working a job for a security company when cuhrayzee happened. 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). Logo - Original News Raiden's "father" would also have resembled Solidus. 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. The original render of Raiden from the game's reveal at E3 2009 showed him with a brown eye and a pale complexion. Suspicious about his C.O. 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. 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. 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. In the original script, Raiden's voice was also to have been replaced by Snake's prior to his unmasking, should the Plant Chapter have been played through first. 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 then fell into the cityscape. It can be assumed that the developers chose not to model the character in such detail given that the player would not notice this feature under normal circumstances. "fans rejected the character of Raiden pretty harshly upon the release of MGS2. Raiden (, Raiden? Despite being a cyborg, Raiden could end up drowning. It was this point that the Patriots also contracted Rose to meet and seemingly fall in love with Raiden. 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. Similarly, his appearance also led him to being mistaken for a woman, as evidenced by James Johnson mistaking him for a female Patriot assassin before realizing his mistake by grabbing his crotch and then reacting with slight surprise that Raiden was male. Raiden then proceeded to jump out to hijack a drone so he could defend the chopper. With that knowledge, Raiden also heard the cyborgs' panicked inner thoughts, which gradually caused him to become emotionally unstable. The Metal Gear Solid Facebook page later confirmed that those scenes in the trailers were meant to show Raiden's training under Solidus.[51]. Making his way to Solis via motorcycle, he re-encountered Sam. Specifically, he was modified to allow for him to utilize mid-range attacks via throwing grenades, allowing him to carry an increased supply of various grenade types; and the Command armor, colored yellow-green and possessing a traditional fighting system. He is protected by Olga, again dressed as the Cyborg Ninja. 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. [4] Jack was subsequently raised as a child soldier and later fought in the country's Civil War in 1989. However, they eventually got the latter to reprise his role when Metal Gear Solid: Rising was revamped into Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. 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. 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. Infiltrating the Mexican research facility. We probably won't ever know what the next step was going to be. 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. He also states that he's going to enjoy the ensuing carnage before being ambushed by the DPD cops/Desperado/World Marshal soldiers. Raiden entered the lobby and also heard Sundowner's announcement congratulating Raiden on killing Monsoon and telling him to "go nuts." After George told him to not worry about him and just save the children and stop the scientist, Raiden decided to act. Raiden and Blade Wolf then proceeded to leave for Solis. 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. He then killed Monsoon, although he vowed to Kevin after the battle that he won't let anyone else become like him. 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 infiltrated the Big Shell by water, swimming through a recently cut hole in the oil fence in order to infiltrate the plant. 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. 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. He was also equipped with CQC 2 and a throat-slitting ability, along with a running ability higher than Runner 3. In large part because of his PTSD-induced nightmares, he also refused to sleep next to Rose out of fear of hurting her. He shares this career with his look-alike, Raikov. 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. However, plans abruptly changed in 2018 when cyborg soldiers belonging to the Desperado Enforcement LLC. In the novelization, Fortune's reference to Raiden's time as a child soldier in Liberia was further emphasized, where Raiden thought to himself "Fires of hell. This child would turn out to be Sunny, who first appeared in Metal Gear Solid 4. Raiden used to smoke cigarettes at one point in his life, but had quit by the time of the Big Shell Incident. Just as Raiden was about to be killed, Olga came to his aid. 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. 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. 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. According to the creators, they were specifically tasked with creating the episode by Hideo Kojima himself. 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. It's mentioned in a Codec. MGS4 Raiden skin bonus giveaway advert for Amazon. He was voiced by Tim Paige. Though probably they forgot about that part of mgs 1 and he died of old age a few weeks later. The decision to move the time period was met with a large degree of controversy, as several fans felt that it cheapened the ending of Metal Gear Solid 4, in particular Raiden's final scene. 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. Nonetheless, due to his past experiences with Snake, he was completely loyal to the legendary soldier and citing his personal views about Snake. Raiden proceeded to fight against Pyramid Head from Silent Hill in the third round, defeating it. 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. Eventually, without Solidus' knowledge, he was later removed by a non-governmental organization and taken to the United States. However, he also had to endure some physical abuse by Olga to ensure her cover was remained intact. After tracking the Desperado leader, Raiden confronted Sundowner, the Prime Minister, as well as Sam down to a train, Raiden was forced to watch Sundowner kill N'mani. She proceeded to introduce their son to Raiden, and the three huddled together in reunion. 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. After Raiden succesfully damages the Harrier and destroys Solidus' eye, a Metal Gear Ray suddenly leaps out of the water and carries Solidus and the jet away, presumably down towards Arsenal Gear. Max LIFE Raiden was a special character downloadable from the SCENE expansion pack along with Vamp. 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. After verifying with Kevin that it was the location of Operation Tecumseh, he proceeded to raid it. Metal Gear Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Although willing to go through the sewers if it meant finding a Desperado lab, Raiden nonetheless felt uncomfortable doing so, especially after his briefing referenced the gas explosions in the Guadalajarasewers back in 1992. [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. [26] He also possessed barcode tattoos all over his body.[27]. Raiden learned from Big Mama, in exchange for the location of Big Boss that he obtained from GW, that Olga's daughter, Sunny, was being held in Area 51, and successfully rescued her with the help of Big Mama and the Paradise Lost Army. He then learned that most of the kids have likely had the brains removed and sent to a facility in America, and also noticed that Sundowner and another VIP, whom Kevin recognized, inspecting the facility in the video files. In VR training, he is featured as three separate characters: RAIDEN - This is Raiden in his normal attire. The exclusive armors can be downloaded via purchasing codes from KonamiStyle, Tsutaya, and Geo, respectively. With his custom cyborg body, his durability increased tremendously, as demonstrated in Denver, Colorado after raiding World Marshal HQ. 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. Black Raiden Play Arts Kai figurine, final color model. [21] Raiden, upon returning to active combat, aggressively chose Maverick missions that directly related to Desperado's activities. 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. Metal Gear Solid 3 makes use of Raiden's character as well as his appearance. Squall_exe (Topic Creator) 9 years ago #9. 1. Raiden enters defensive position after being ambushed by the IM prototype LQ-84I/K-9000. If the player failed to do so, he will mention that underwater operations wasn't covered in VR training. 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. He is a Liberian-American special forces . [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. Rose was pregnant with John during the Big Shell Incident. 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. Hideo Kojima personally requested the development of Raiden as a means to develop Snake from a third-person perspective. Of the canonical main characters, Raiden is the only one who does not have any significant interaction with Revolver Ocelot, as Solid Snake and Ocelot had a massive rivalry for most of their games, Naked Snake and Ocelot were friendly rivals, and Ocelot served under Venom Snake. 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. 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.". 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. Due to his cyborg body's design, he could sometimes generate electricity. Another trait of Raiden was also incorporated into Snake as well (having the same name). 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. [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. Raiden says that only one out of 50 soldiers can kill without hesitation, before declaring himself a "two-percenter." He also realized that Sam barely possessed cybernetics. Ames goes on to reveal that the aim of the terrorists is not the destruction of the Big Shell, but the ultimate aim of the terrorists is to detonate a nuclear bomb over Manhattan, thus liberating it from the influence of the Patriots because of an electromagnetic pulse that will knock out all communications. the only parts of him not synthetic were like his spinal cord, brain, and few other organs. Raiden's Japanese voice actor during this game was originally planned to be Toshiyuki Morikawa instead of his regular voice actor, Kenyu Horiuchi. 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. He also supplied Blade Wolf with Sam's sword, at the unmanned gear's request. 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. 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. This is from the Maverick teaser screenshot on the. 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. Raiden's body, even before fighting sam, was 90% synthetic after the patriots "operated" on him. Afterwards, Raiden and Sam decided to have a duel to the death, largely to see whose view will be remembered in history. 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. 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. 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. He began drinking heavily, getting into fights and eventually decided to leave her. The mission struck a chord with Raiden on a deep psychological level. 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. With an exhausted Snake about to be crushed by Liquid's Outer Haven, Raiden placed himself in the warship's path of destruction through the small pier, holding back its immense bulk with his enhanced strength, and giving Snake time to clear the area. When pressing the jump back button, Raiden did backwards handstands instead of jumping backwards (Raiden could get shot during these back handstands). B 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 quelling the C4 threat, an event that ultimately cost Stillman his life, he later encountered the bomber responsible for the C4 plantings, Fatman, and defeated him as well as quelled his ultimate C4 package, although not before the latter hinted at the $30 billion ransom being false information planted by the Patriots for the S3 Plan. 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. Raiden's concept as effectively being a third-person witness to Snake's exploits was likewise inspired by the character Watson from the detective franchise Sherlock Holmes. Blade Wolf then explained to Raiden that people are different. 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. Boris then reminded him that he had less than an hour to get to Solis. Afterwards, when Andrey Dolzaev called Mistral upon her death, Raiden picked up the radio and told him to surrender. 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. Due to his harsh childhood, training from Solidus and the Army's virtual training, his mental state and capacity were well suited to combat operations behind enemy lines. The terrorist group Dead Cell who follow Solidus Snake have demanded no money for ransom, and the group is merely at the Big Shell as a means to seize control of the secret mobile facility underneath the plant - Arsenal Gear. His parents were killed by George Sears (AKA Solidus Snake) and at a very young age Raiden was recruited into the child soldier program. "Ivan," the first name of Raikov, is the Russian equivalent of "John," for which "Jack" is often used as a nickname in English. Jack and other surviving members of the Small Boy Unit then underwent extensive amounts of counseling before becoming at least outwardly stable. appears as the main protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. John, nicknamed Little John, is the son of Raiden and Rosemary. Raiden concept artwork for Metal Gear Solid 2. The Elevators were deactivated because of Raiden's intrusion, although Doktor managed to hack into the elevator systems to ensure Raiden got in. [73], Make It Right - "Arm" - METAL GEAR RISING, VIDEO DATA ACCESS FILE #01000001: Raiden's "arm surgery. Raiden killing a Mastiff in a trailer for, Raiden absorbing power from the spine of the fallen Mastiff in. Raiden wanted Doktor to perform surgeries on the brains to ensure they at least had a relatively normal life outside of combat. In the aftermath of the Liberian Civil War the young Jack was removed by Solidus Snake from Liberia and placed in a relief centre. Instead, he decided to hold the Haven Troopers off and buy Snake enough time to reach the AI and upload the virus. Kojima also mentions similar reasons in the documentary Metal Gear Saga Vol. In the ending, he accepts that he can't change the past, although he does hope to get a starring role in another Metal Gear game (which he does). A They then deduced from Courtney that they could stop the situation at Mach 23 speeds, which would take half an hour to get there, with Raiden requesting that they contact Solis Space & Aeronautics. Instead of the usual CQC three-hit combo, he instead started a spin kick which continued as long as the user kept tapping R1. While Snake warded off more approaching Gekko, Raiden engaged in another blade fight with Vamp and ultimately emerged the victor, defeating his enemy once and for all. ", Make It Right - "Sword" - METAL GEAR RISING. Raiden explained his motives, before having to abruptly end the call due to squad cars blocking his path. Raiden took to the mission with some hesitation, claiming to have only been trained in VR missions (some of which didn't cover vital materials such as disposing of C4). 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