With Maverick unable to identify their affiliations, Boris ordered Raiden to take out the cyborgs. Also when the player equips the night vision goggles or thermal goggles, the visor is shut taking on the full appearance. [71][72] In Europe, the negative reception towards Raiden was even more pronounced, largely because of not only the plot twist, and the lengthy delays in releasing Metal Gear Solid 2, but also because several gaming magazines spoiled the twist in their coverage, which left the players being unable to avoid it. [17] During the procedure, they also had to replace memory units in his nervous system, and he was also losing a lot of blood due to his earlier wounds, forcing the doctors to put a clamp on him, which also resulted in Raiden flashing back to his time as a child soldier in Liberia, where he was injected with something. B Raiden's "father" would also have resembled Solidus. On the upside, the eye-patch's cloth was covered in small cameras, to provide enhanced visual perception. Olga's motivation for doing so was the fact that the Patriots held her child hostage. 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 allowed him to operate at high efficiency even when he lost both his arms at the shoulders. Raiden appears in his Metal Gear Rising form for the Jamais Vu mission of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. . 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 Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Rising. In the Location Trailer released alongside the Zan-Datsu & Custom Body Trailers, a part of it showed Raiden wielding Mistral's Etrangers, suggesting that he could wield the weapons of rival cyborgs he's beaten. Raiden and Blade Wolf boarded, thanking Sunny. Raiden later was told to seek out Richard Ames in the Shell 1 Core, and ultimately found him after bypassing security measures and disguising himself, although Ames eventually died from a heart aneurysm, and was nearly captured until the cyborg ninja known only as Mr. X attacked the soldiers. After Arsenal crashed into Manhattan, it was revealed that Raiden was merely a puppet of the Patriots, and that his entire mission on the Big Shell had been carefully scripted. 32. On another, Jack witnessed Solidus demonstrate to him that blades were a "noble weapon" compared to guns, by slitting another soldier's throat in front of him.[5]. With the help of the Paradise Lost Army, Raiden managed to escape his captivity. 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). However, the story can be a little confusing at times. Raiden wanted to expose Armstrong and World Marshal for their actions, but Kevin suggested against it. 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. 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. 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. The giant portrait of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance protagonist Raiden in England has been replaced after seven years.. READ MORE: The curious case of Konami, 'PT' and the Streisand Effect . After finding a Dwarf Gekko and having it locate a mainframe system to access, he had the files forwarded to Doktor. Main Article. 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. In exchange for his services, MSF also promised to supply him with patches from the XOF as payment. Raiden and Maverick, when discussing it, then deduced that Operation Tecumseh involved ruining the peace talks at Pakistan to ensure another War on Terror. In large part because of his PTSD-induced nightmares, he also refused to sleep next to Rose out of fear of hurting her. Afterwards, he left to wander the Earth. Taken aboard the aircraft Nomad, Raiden continued to suffer and his chances of survival became bleak. His use of a sword is also referenced by Roy Campbell upon Raiden's recruitment, stating that a new soldier joined who wields a katana. Prior to finding out that Pliskin was in fact Snake, he also held some respect for Pliskin in terms of mentorship and camaraderie. Raiden proceeded to fight against Pyramid Head from Silent Hill in the third round, defeating it. The mission struck a chord with Raiden on a deep psychological level. Because of the similar name, Kojima Productions also gave it the alternate name of Medical Raiden. Unbenknownst to Jack FOXHOUND had been long since disbanded, and this was yet another deception by the Patriots. 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. 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. 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. He is protected by Olga, again dressed as the Cyborg Ninja. However, Raiden is not a playable character in Metal Gear Solid 4. Raiden (, Raiden?) Raiden is conflicted through most of MGR, he's hurting, and he's fighting against himself. To slow down their pursuers, Raiden fell behind to hold them off, later being caught under debris caused by the Suicide Gekko's detonation, while Snake escaped to the port area. 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. [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. 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. After eliminating it, he then used the catwalks to evade being spotted by the Mastiffs. [21] Raiden, upon returning to active combat, aggressively chose Maverick missions that directly related to Desperado's activities. Raiden being supplied with his new sword, after his reconstructive surgery. The police then surrounded Raiden. This is mentioned in an optional Codec conversation with Kevin Washington, during the Mexico mission. 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. He was then seemingly betrayed by Snake and was subsequently captured by Olga Gurlukovich. Shortly after the call, he was ambushed by cybernetic Denver cops under World Marshal's payroll, as they effectively had control over the city. The Metal Gear franchise is an undisputed classic. Following the end of the war economy, Raiden attempted to return to a normal, civilian life with his wife and son. 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. 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. Instead, he decided to hold the Haven Troopers off and buy Snake enough time to reach the AI and upload the virus. 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. Saito admitted that he used Raiden's Metal Gear Solid 4 model as a starting point, and kept most of the aspects, but had to undergo an initial brief with Shinkawa and undergo the design while under supervision from Kojima Productions regarding Raiden's face to ensure he at least retained his quasi-human look from the ending of Metal Gear Solid 4. Raiden and Snake were able to join forces to take down Dead Cell and upload a virus into GW, Arsenal's AI. When running into enemies, they will be temporarily knocked down, allowing for easy takedowns. the only parts of him not synthetic were like his spinal cord, brain, and few other organs. Raiden prepares to combat Desperado cyborgs. This was implied in an auxillary Codec conversation during the second phase of the final battle with Solidus Snake, and later confirmed by Raiden in an optional Codec conversation with Kevin Washington. 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. For Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "So what happened to raiden in mgs4?". Jack was born on a rainy day in Liberia. Eventually Raiden plunged his arm into Armstrong and ripped out his nanite-altered heart, crushing it. He later rescued a Guyanese boy named George who had escaped from the facility, and whom his name painfully reminded Raiden of Solidus Snake. SNS In addition, the localization of the game also resulted in several fans critiquing Raiden for his high-pitched voice, which was described as "whiny." His outlook was significantly uncaring to the extent that even his fellow Maverick PMC members were deeply disturbed by his behavior. In addition, "Raiden" was initially supposed to be his real name, with his full name being "Raiden Brannigan," during development. Raiden parries the Blade Wolf's chainsaw upon the latter's ambush of Raiden. After Snake was forced from REX, following a grueling battle with Liquid Ocelot's RAY, Raiden set himself free from under the debris by cutting off his right arm, and headed to assist his ally. After hearing of Rose's miscarriage and subsequent marriage to Roy Campbell, Raiden became despondent. 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. [53] In addition, a Kojima Productions staff member, when addressing a question frequently asked about the scene at the end of the E3 trailer, stated that the scene with Raiden in an alternate armor actually took place very early in the game, and that the armor in question was actually a wearable version of his Metal Gear Solid 4 armor, having gained a more normal cybernetic body by the end of Metal Gear Solid 4. The second conversation, unlocked after completing the Raikov disguise, has Major Zero commenting that the disguise "is irritating [Zero] already." Afterwards, he, under the cautions of the Blade Wolf, carefully navigated the cyborg-infested sewers before being ambushed by a Mastiff cyborg. Raiden's cyborg body during this time appears to be pressurized in some manner, as shown during the two occasions in which he fights Vamp, when knives are propelled out of his torso, as well as when he disengages his visor. However, Blade Wolf had gotten back up, and after playing back a message Sam recorded before his death, supplied Raiden with Sam's sword. 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. 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. 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]. In the Japanese version, however, Raiden actually spoke with a deep bass voice. This is from the Maverick teaser screenshot on the. A. However, when Dolzaev refused, Raiden deduced from his reply that he was actually intending to blow himself up near a power pylon as his final act, but was unable to stop him in time. He did possess optical implants to a slightly lesser degree prior to the upgrade, which displayed things in a HUD.[32]. 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. Raiden's real name Jack (, Jakku?) Raiden (in cyborg form) also made a guest appearance in an episode for the low-budget comedic video game parody web-series "Mega64," portrayed by Shawn Chatfield. Under the guidance of Doktor, Raiden honed his new body's blade, developed various attacks against cyborgs, became skilled in tracking, and acquired an enhanced running capability. By doing this, she revealed herself as an enemy of Solidus Snake, who angrily killed Olga. Even the placement of the people at the Big Shell were completely thought out by the Patriots. It was during his rescue of Sunny that he met the former Soviet soldier Boris Vyacheslavovich Popov, who was the war buddy of Sunny's grandfather, Sergei Gurlukovich, who aided him out of the realization that the Patriots were a threat to the world, not just America. 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. However, throughout his partnership with Wolf, he began to trust him, even telling him that he was free to pursue his own destiny. He and other children were shown Hollywood action films daily for "image training," and were given food mixed with gunpowder containing toluene to make them more controllable. This confuses Raiden, who had been told by Colonel Campbell that this is the case. This greatly angered Raiden, but her transmission was cut off, just as she revealed that she was pregnant with his child. Raiden, as well as his younger self (identified as Jack in the casting call). Raiden's business suit from the prologue was also implied in one of his cards in Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops to be an unlockable skin, similar to Snake's suit in Metal Gear Solid 4. A RAIDEN X - Naked Raiden as he appeared initially on board Arsenal Gear before re-obtaining his gear from Snake. Rose and Raiden's son are safe in New Zealand. Their ultimate aim was to control the events surrounding Big Shell in such a way that their AI's could assume control of the populace, thus bringing about the War Economy and the state of the world during Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. This is explained in a Codec conversation with Doktor. After some reassurance from Snake, the pair battled through the Arsenal Tengu commandos before encountering Dead Cell's leader Fortune. Raiden managed to defeat EXCELSUS by cutting off its front legs, throwing it onto stable ground, engaging it in battle with one of its blade arms, chopping up its head, and then impaling it with its own sword. "Ivan," the first name of Raikov, is the Russian equivalent of "John," for which "Jack" is often used as a nickname in English. 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. Even after his recent physical ordeal, Raiden later boarded Outer Haven during Snake's infiltration of the ship, missing both arms and wielding his sword between his teeth. Raiden then fell into the cityscape. Nonetheless, he managed to buy enough time for the train to pass through the tunnel before Sam could kill him. Pursued by Revolver Ocelot Raiden is then forced to leave the area and moves to track down the president. Raiden's claim of being a "two-percenter" is a subtle reference to the term "one-percenter," referring to the concept of the 1% of America's richest people. 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. Hopes and dreams of a remaster for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance likely end at this point, with no mention of a re-release anywhere in PlatinumGames' blog post. Sundowner then informed him that the event was the beginning of Operation Tecumseh, but elaborated no further. 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. From there he participated in over three hundred VR simulations,[note 1] including re-creations of the Shadow Moses Incident and the Tanker Incident. before starting a new game, triggers a change in the opening, in which Naked Snake (also named Jack) wears a mask that looks identical to Raiden's face, to conceal his identity from the gunship crew (although it is implied in-story to be based on the likeness of GRU major Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov). A Social Ops Black Raiden bonus giveaway advert for Edion Corporation. After becoming a cyborg, Raiden possessed incredible superhuman strength, speed, and endurance. Gekko reinforcements were eventually able to restrain Raiden on behalf of their commander, Vamp. 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. Afterwards, he had a fistfight with Armstrong, who had used EXCELSUS' wires to activate his nanomachines. Although he immensely respected Solid Snake, there were instances where it had its rough spots during the Big Shell Incident, such as when he learned that Snake and Otacon lied to him about whether they knew about the Big Shell being a great big conspiracy, as well as a remark Snake made that got him angered enough to make explosive insults about Snake, not realizing that he was in earshot, and when Snake "betrayed" Raiden at Arsenal Gear to lessen security on-board without warning him beforehand. [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. 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. In addition, his durability was such that he claimed that he was immune to the effects of microwave emitters. 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 also was skilled at being attuned with nature, also known as scouting, which he gave Solid Snake pointers in it when contacting him about in South America. He also told Doktor to worry about delivering the brains, and also vowed that he'll keep his distance from what remained of World Marshal while heading to the Solis launch pad, which was fortunately also in Colorado. In reality Fatman was actually an agent of the Patriots, and the man only agreed to take part in the events of the Patriots' plans after learning he would have a chance to one-up Peter Stilman. [73], Make It Right - "Arm" - METAL GEAR RISING, VIDEO DATA ACCESS FILE #01000001: Raiden's "arm surgery. Raiden went on to battle several mass-produced Metal Gear RAY units. Sometime after this Raiden was moved to the United States where he was secretely injected with a large amount of nanomachines by the Patriots. 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. [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. 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. 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. Mexican Rising demo with Raiden in a Sombrero and Poncho, from the back. 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