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What The Eyes See & The Ears Hear, The Mind Believes

 •03/18/2004 01:04 AM (UTC) •
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LadyRaiden Wrote:
Raging Wrote:
It's been so long ago now that I wasn't sure if I read that or someone told me that. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Raging Wrote:
Raiden is the name of a real God that is worshipped/feared by some and is used in the arcade/midway gaming. Rayden is his name changed by Nintindo because of religious reason from the Japanese programmers. (Or vise versu and it really is Rayden, not sure which is correct anymore) I think that is what I read awhile back when it first came out on home systems; back in '92 or '93?. I agree with everyone of you!!! He is an absolute must to keep MK going!!! A must!!!!
No... he was named Rayden because there was a game out at the time called Raiden Trad and it had rights to the name.

Rayden/Raiden had two different spellings for a few reasons. One there was another game out there called Raiden and Midway didn't want to take a chance on copyright infringement and/or confusion of characters. Another is when the games got sent to consoles, the companies that Midway gave the rights too would change the spelling for some reason or another.

However, the MK character Rayden/Raiden is loosely based off a Shinto/Japanese diety called Ryujin who is one of the Raijin (a group of storm gods). Ryujin was the one of the more important ones and was often represented as a dragon. (No, Raiden is NOT the Dragon King.) Note: The three storm guys from Big Trouble in Little China were based off of the Raijin, and Raiden's look was based off of the lighting guy.


i see now why this guys names been getting changed around! :P
thanx for the explanation smart man :)
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 •03/18/2004 04:55 AM (UTC) •
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Raiden... OMG just the name...so many memories...

I'm unsure however, I would put Quan Chi before him
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Dark_No0B
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 •03/18/2004 04:57 AM (UTC) •
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MK isnt MK without Raiden.
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 •03/18/2004 05:16 AM (UTC) •
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I dont want him to be playable, he should be there but only as a guide.
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 •03/18/2004 02:32 PM (UTC) •
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turkish_legend Wrote:

LadyRaiden Wrote:
Raging Wrote:
It's been so long ago now that I wasn't sure if I read that or someone told me that. Thanks for clearing that up.
AGriffin Wrote:

Raging Wrote:
Raiden is the name of a real God that is worshipped/feared by some and is used in the arcade/midway gaming. Rayden is his name changed by Nintindo because of religious reason from the Japanese programmers. (Or vise versu and it really is Rayden, not sure which is correct anymore) I think that is what I read awhile back when it first came out on home systems; back in '92 or '93?. I agree with everyone of you!!! He is an absolute must to keep MK going!!! A must!!!!
No... he was named Rayden because there was a game out at the time called Raiden Trad and it had rights to the name.

Rayden/Raiden had two different spellings for a few reasons. One there was another game out there called Raiden and Midway didn't want to take a chance on copyright infringement and/or confusion of characters. Another is when the games got sent to consoles, the companies that Midway gave the rights too would change the spelling for some reason or another.

However, the MK character Rayden/Raiden is loosely based off a Shinto/Japanese diety called Ryujin who is one of the Raijin (a group of storm gods). Ryujin was the one of the more important ones and was often represented as a dragon. (No, Raiden is NOT the Dragon King.) Note: The three storm guys from Big Trouble in Little China were based off of the Raijin, and Raiden's look was based off of the lighting guy.

i see now why this guys names been getting changed around! :P
thanx for the explanation smart man :)


What can I say, I'm such a fangirl of the thunder god I did research when I had nothing else to do. grin
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