In the older games raiden also trained chinese martial arts he always had an interest in Chinese culture despite being a Japanese god but raijin is a god peroid not just s god of Japan , in mortal Kombat raijin and fujin diesnt exist so culturally they dont belong to just japan in the mk fictional world
I prefer the old Raiden cause he wasn't just some villager with a amulet that gave him lightning powers, and unlike this Raiden he could actually hold the electric fly longer than 1or 2 feet away
Raiden (MK) was inspired by Rayden the Japanese Thunder God. but the MK universe and BTILC universe are two completely different stories and places. Raiden has always been a 7 foot tall caucASIAN male. he has been this way in all MK except for the latest movie and latest game. so what? who cares. I still prefer the old raiden to this new one.
Older Mortal Kombat player here -- I usually prefer the original version of a character, and tend to find race swapping lazy, just make a new character. In this instance I prefer the original Raiden, I mean in the ending Liu Kang had him stored in Shinnok's amulet so that even though he was mortal now he could guide and tutor Liu Kang along the way. However, the new Raiden doesn't piss me off. I see the reason why Liu Kang did it. You see, Liu Kang is Chinese, and he wanted to "protect" Earth from a place that was familiar to him and in his hear, China. So he recreated or whatever the heck he did to Raiden in his image. In fact, a few people became Asian or gained a more Asian influence on their looks. And let's not forget Outworld gave off fairly Oriental vibes. And throughout the series we've seen characters change from one race to another -- Jade and Tanya and Sindel for example. But yeah, I agree, MK12 should have been from the beginning, the very first Mortal Kombat tournament starring the Great Kung Lao. It could have had characters we love (the ones that live a LOOOOONG time), as well as a host of new characters (some returning with similar concepts like a Lin Kuei member as a Sub-Zeroesque character). I thought the Great Kung Lao's story was honestly the next chapter. They could even have had the ending of Liu Kang with Kitana as his wife and Raiden as his mentor be the true ending, but also tie in Titan Shang Tsung's ending, too. So it could have been a battle of two tournaments, and you find out Titan Shang Tsung is alive like half way through. But NOOOO, they fucked that shit up and made a mediocre story. What pisses me off are the characters with bad hair choices and shitty tattoos. Scorpion's tattoo, Reptile's tattoos, BARF!
Raiden is the protector of earthrealm, not Japan or China. Every culture had a thunder god, Nightwolf even mentions this in mk9 by caling him Haokah (thunder spirit). So Raiden has many names and probably can change his appearence. He existed long before any nation in the world stated by lore. He obviosly likes asian culture, he maybe influenced it. He was called Raiden in original MK because the game was heavily inspired by asian mythology, thats it
The only Raiden that I prefer is the one played by Carlos Pesina, the OG Raiden. But the one from MK9 and up until MK1, voiced by Richard Epcar, was good too. Unlike one from MK1. That shmuck looks nothing like Raiden. It could easily be a kid thunder but not Raiden that's for sure!
8:47 unfortunately it wasn't Richard Epcar that voiced old raiden, it was Travis Willingham tho he sounded alright but Richard will always be raiden to me
Originally Raiden is based on From Big Trouble in Little China ( 1986 Film ) Raiden is a Chinese Thunder God It really makes Sense from Mortal Kombat ( 1992 ) : Arcade Martial Arts fighting Game 🐉🥋
Raiden looks soft n kinda feminine now compared to old raiden...>NOTHING to do with race (Thats dumb).....BUT!!!>...In mk1 If raiden touches you ONE time.... you eatin 40-50 percent...IM A SAY IT AGAIN....IF RAIDEN TOUCHES YOU ONE TIME....U eating 40-50 percent.. 2 swipes....n ya Thru
These characters are more realistic in mk1 that ever before not the broad shoulders deep voice chisel jaw line characters , nobody here is even feminine ,he's just more like the new liu Kang instead of the god ,old Raiden not even human
"Truth is raiden purpose was threatened by a more stylistic charismatic ally called fujin- this new raiden doesn't feel like he could stand up against any fighter...lol in terms of physical attributes
@@emeraldarts I understand just saying out of all the characters that have been misused in the franchise I think raiden reguardless of not being a god anymore still has a better showing then kung Lao and titan havik
@@themastersofcomedy9277 this is facts- I agree with you on that point- they seemed to pick out a few to shine some light on- I agree... I somehow thought having would bring more to the table but I get it, making games is hell a lot work
Raiden is a 7 feet tall THINDER GOD ..not a villager with a fckn amulet ... mk((1)) reminds me when Combofiend said 'these characters are functions they just doing things" ...there's a reason why characters are so beloved and it is their characteristics... mk is the only franchise that loves killing their character's character
I dont like that MK1 tries to be realistic(for woke reasons) and puts skinny Asians in instead of big dudes, It is not meant to reflect reality. The new designs are just boring.
Nrs all together has an issue with raiden and ruined him since mk9. His status and presence as a god and protector of earth was absolutely crapped on. They started by ruining him in the story, than they made him horrible in gameplay in mk11. Now mk1 raiden is sigh
the Nu Raiden in MK12 is just a asian soyboy soft neutered version that's lame and not imposing, powerful, and badass. I wouldn't mind Raiden looking at least half-japanese maybe as long as he's still just like how he is in the older games. Raiden is just off as character not being an elder god or something. They switch the original roles between Raiden and Liu Kang and it doesn't work well, Raiden should've been the one in charge of the new timeline not Fire God Liu Kang. They should've just made more New characters in the game if this is supposed to be a New Timeline, but NRS has lost creativity and original ideas and concepts and they don't listen to/care about their dedicated follower anymore.
Yeah I don’t think a reboot was necessary. And it’s almost not even a reboot with the fact it’s still a continuation of 11 and now with all the other timelines. More new characters would’ve been better than guests. Also, they have such a large roster now that they could’ve loaded this one, and still had plenty left over for the next game.
@@RFNY315 exactly I agree. It has too many legacy characters and out of place bad guest characters who don't fit the game instead of actually new and original characters. They could've brought in lesser known forgotten characters from the other games including the comics, movies, and TV shows. MK doesn't know what it wants to be and has an identity crisis. It's annoying now with modern fighting games today having legacy characters being sold as DLC when said characters should've been in the game from the start or as an unlockable or secret, couple that with most of these unwanted guest characters whom no one (except normies) actually asked for nor wanted, that are just wasted character slots.
@@Akira-Strider yeah I’m not big on the guests. Although if they had to do them; they worked closest in mkX. I’ve actually been going back and playing mkX and 9, on the steam deck and it’s awesome. And even 11 to an extent (no kameos and some classic stages) I wanna love mk1, because it does still have a good roster, and great classic costumes, but the kameos are making me like it less. It should’ve been an EXTRA mode.
Ahh yes. OG Raiden. The KING of taking Ls. If i recall MK4 opens with him standing alone in the rain talkin about his very 1st L. Then he loses his number one champ in deadly alliance. Then he sacrifices himself in deception to kill Onaga, to no avail. MK9 opens with him gettin his ass beat & tossed across the screen. Then proceeds throughout the game to take L... after L.... after L. After L... after L... . After L...... to the point where even liu kang & kung lao are giving him the bro wtf look. In MKX the revenants use every opportunity to highlight raidens Ls, blaming his incompitence for their situations. Fast foward to MK11 he realizes he took so many Ls he might as well let Liu Kang take over.
@@Blitches-SLXM if you are better at Street Fighter 3 Third Strike, Ultra Street Fighter 4 and Street Fighter 5 Champion Edition. Show it. Also your views though ... L.
Your answer wouldn’t be racist whatsoever because Raiden has always been asian in mortal kombat. He’s always had the high cheekbones and thick eyebrows along with the eyes. Regardless of what anyone says the dude is based off of the god raijin and raijin is Japanese. Well technically he’s an oni but he’s still of asian origin. Cant tell you how many times people have told me that raiden has been white in all the games and i said no he’s only been depicted as white in the two mortal kombat movies along with the tv shows.
Also the dude that played raiden in mk1 for the older raiden is another voice actor if im not mistaken it’s a dude that has played thor in cartoons and games
Dawg what in the HELL are you even talking about. You cannot string together a single coherent point or thought it’s insane. Not to mention the weird mouth covering schizo attacks.
MK11 - God of Thunder
MK1 - Electric guy
The only true Raiden is the original one. Not the one from MK 1
I mean technically yes mk1 everybody is new besides liu Kang
I miss Raiden as the Thunder God
This is a trick question, there's only one Raiden in that picture. The other guy looks like he's auditioning for a McDonalds commercial or something.
OG Raiden is a thunder god while in mk1 he's a demigod of soy.
Lui kang made everyone a punk in MK1
"Carlos Pesina"!
The first and original!
The older one will always be the better version
I don't mind the new Raiden in MK 1 but when they didn't give him the catch phrase "bamba-ka yaa-HEEEE" that's when we got a problem lol
They also removed that catch phrase in MK11 😢
"Are you from L.A.?" 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Left: Ultimate Chad
Right: DEI inspired BullShit.
Mortal Kombat Conquest Raiden was great too!
To me this is the BEST Raiden I’ve seen on screen
CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT
The guy that plays Jim in the series called FROM would make a great Raiden today.
I’m actually doing a few mk11 matches right now and I’m using that skin. Wish they’d bring the mk11 mk95 skins to mk1.
Absolutely the best Raiden ever.
In the older games raiden also trained chinese martial arts he always had an interest in Chinese culture despite being a Japanese god but raijin is a god peroid not just s god of Japan , in mortal Kombat raijin and fujin diesnt exist so culturally they dont belong to just japan in the mk fictional world
I prefer the old Raiden cause he wasn't just some villager with a amulet that gave him lightning powers, and unlike this Raiden he could actually hold the electric fly longer than 1or 2 feet away
Original first two games Raiden and MK11. MK11 brought his classic look back similar looking to the original Carlos Pesina Raiden from the arcades.
I liked Mk Deadly Allaince Raiden over Dark Raiden. Plus he had Asian insiginia om his default outfit
Raiden (MK) was inspired by Rayden the Japanese Thunder God. but the MK universe and BTILC universe are two completely different stories and places. Raiden has always been a 7 foot tall caucASIAN male. he has been this way in all MK except for the latest movie and latest game. so what? who cares. I still prefer the old raiden to this new one.
Actually raijin was his name
Not sure what the mouth covering and gurging was....💀
He’s a grown manbaby 😂
Resisting the urge to say twink, probably
Older Mortal Kombat player here -- I usually prefer the original version of a character, and tend to find race swapping lazy, just make a new character. In this instance I prefer the original Raiden, I mean in the ending Liu Kang had him stored in Shinnok's amulet so that even though he was mortal now he could guide and tutor Liu Kang along the way.
However, the new Raiden doesn't piss me off. I see the reason why Liu Kang did it. You see, Liu Kang is Chinese, and he wanted to "protect" Earth from a place that was familiar to him and in his hear, China. So he recreated or whatever the heck he did to Raiden in his image. In fact, a few people became Asian or gained a more Asian influence on their looks. And let's not forget Outworld gave off fairly Oriental vibes.
And throughout the series we've seen characters change from one race to another -- Jade and Tanya and Sindel for example.
But yeah, I agree, MK12 should have been from the beginning, the very first Mortal Kombat tournament starring the Great Kung Lao. It could have had characters we love (the ones that live a LOOOOONG time), as well as a host of new characters (some returning with similar concepts like a Lin Kuei member as a Sub-Zeroesque character). I thought the Great Kung Lao's story was honestly the next chapter.
They could even have had the ending of Liu Kang with Kitana as his wife and Raiden as his mentor be the true ending, but also tie in Titan Shang Tsung's ending, too. So it could have been a battle of two tournaments, and you find out Titan Shang Tsung is alive like half way through. But NOOOO, they fucked that shit up and made a mediocre story.
What pisses me off are the characters with bad hair choices and shitty tattoos. Scorpion's tattoo, Reptile's tattoos, BARF!
Raiden is the protector of earthrealm, not Japan or China. Every culture had a thunder god, Nightwolf even mentions this in mk9 by caling him Haokah (thunder spirit). So Raiden has many names and probably can change his appearence.
He existed long before any nation in the world stated by lore. He obviosly likes asian culture, he maybe influenced it.
He was called Raiden in original MK because the game was heavily inspired by asian mythology, thats it
The only Raiden that I prefer is the one played by Carlos Pesina, the OG Raiden. But the one from MK9 and up until MK1, voiced by Richard Epcar, was good too. Unlike one from MK1. That shmuck looks nothing like Raiden. It could easily be a kid thunder but not Raiden that's for sure!
8:47 unfortunately it wasn't Richard Epcar that voiced old raiden, it was Travis Willingham tho he sounded alright but Richard will always be raiden to me
Originally Raiden is based on From Big Trouble in Little China ( 1986 Film )
Raiden is a Chinese Thunder God
It really makes Sense from Mortal Kombat ( 1992 ) : Arcade Martial Arts fighting Game 🐉🥋
Yes and with costume and face design my favourite are: MK9, MK4, MKDA
Epcar all the way
Dexter is used to the shenanigans haha
His attacks prior to mk1 had a certain heavy-handedness. In MK1, he dances like a fairy. MK11 Raider was my main
Im liking this Raiden, but i do miss the Ultimate Raiden
Russel Wong is the bad guy in Romeo Must Die
Shit I don’t even remember seeing raiden in the last mk movie. lol. Guess it wasn’t that memorable
Raiden looks soft n kinda feminine now compared to old raiden...>NOTHING to do with race (Thats dumb).....BUT!!!>...In mk1 If raiden touches you ONE time.... you eatin 40-50 percent...IM A SAY IT AGAIN....IF RAIDEN TOUCHES YOU ONE TIME....U eating 40-50 percent.. 2 swipes....n ya Thru
Exactly Most of the males in the game are soft looking compared to the previous games.
These characters are more realistic in mk1 that ever before not the broad shoulders deep voice chisel jaw line characters , nobody here is even feminine ,he's just more like the new liu Kang instead of the god ,old Raiden not even human
"Truth is raiden purpose was threatened by a more stylistic charismatic ally called fujin- this new raiden doesn't feel like he could stand up against any fighter...lol in terms of physical attributes
This could be further from the truth he had a good showing on mk 1
@@themastersofcomedy9277 well if you think so it's fine- I just never felt that raiden essence from him-
@@emeraldarts I understand just saying out of all the characters that have been misused in the franchise I think raiden reguardless of not being a god anymore still has a better showing then kung Lao and titan havik
@@themastersofcomedy9277 this is facts- I agree with you on that point- they seemed to pick out a few to shine some light on- I agree... I somehow thought having would bring more to the table but I get it, making games is hell a lot work
@@emeraldarts yeah definitely
0:19Hey calm down now FATE you too old for this 😂😂
Raiden is a 7 feet tall THINDER GOD ..not a villager with a fckn amulet ... mk((1)) reminds me when Combofiend said 'these characters are functions they just doing things" ...there's a reason why characters are so beloved and it is their characteristics... mk is the only franchise that loves killing their character's character
I dont like that MK1 tries to be realistic(for woke reasons) and puts skinny Asians in instead of big dudes, It is not meant to reflect reality. The new designs are just boring.
Funny how they took pride on how outrageous the franchise was back in the day now all of the sudden they want to appease minorities
Dark Raiden was the best thing that happen for Mortal Kombat Deception, its a shame they ruined him in MK11.
Nah. I prefer Mk Deadly Alliance Raiden over Dark Raiden plus he looked Cooler to me
Mk1 raiden was pretty good. In a game filled with awful decision, to slightly reimagine a younger raiden was far from the worst of them
Nrs all together has an issue with raiden and ruined him since mk9. His status and presence as a god and protector of earth was absolutely crapped on. They started by ruining him in the story, than they made him horrible in gameplay in mk11. Now mk1 raiden is sigh
Why does left Raiden look like that in the thumbnail? Is he Man?
Raiden and mk1 Liu Kang 2.0 raiden
MK4 Raiden is the man!
Come on man the original Raiden was wearing a rice hat with open palm hits..
I always thought he was Asian. 😂
The movie changed that idea though.
Was this a Lghdtv twitter post?
Fate complaining again 😅
the Nu Raiden in MK12 is just a asian soyboy soft neutered version that's lame and not imposing, powerful, and badass. I wouldn't mind Raiden looking at least half-japanese maybe as long as he's still just like how he is in the older games. Raiden is just off as character not being an elder god or something. They switch the original roles between Raiden and Liu Kang and it doesn't work well, Raiden should've been the one in charge of the new timeline not Fire God Liu Kang. They should've just made more New characters in the game if this is supposed to be a New Timeline, but NRS has lost creativity and original ideas and concepts and they don't listen to/care about their dedicated follower anymore.
Yeah I don’t think a reboot was necessary. And it’s almost not even a reboot with the fact it’s still a continuation of 11 and now with all the other timelines. More new characters would’ve been better than guests. Also, they have such a large roster now that they could’ve loaded this one, and still had plenty left over for the next game.
@@RFNY315 exactly I agree. It has too many legacy characters and out of place bad guest characters who don't fit the game instead of actually new and original characters. They could've brought in lesser known forgotten characters from the other games including the comics, movies, and TV shows. MK doesn't know what it wants to be and has an identity crisis. It's annoying now with modern fighting games today having legacy characters being sold as DLC when said characters should've been in the game from the start or as an unlockable or secret, couple that with most of these unwanted guest characters whom no one (except normies) actually asked for nor wanted, that are just wasted character slots.
@@Akira-Strider yeah I’m not big on the guests. Although if they had to do them; they worked closest in mkX. I’ve actually been going back and playing mkX and 9, on the steam deck and it’s awesome. And even 11 to an extent (no kameos and some classic stages)
I wanna love mk1, because it does still have a good roster, and great classic costumes, but the kameos are making me like it less. It should’ve been an EXTRA mode.
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Ahh yes. OG Raiden. The KING of taking Ls. If i recall MK4 opens with him standing alone in the rain talkin about his very 1st L. Then he loses his number one champ in deadly alliance. Then he sacrifices himself in deception to kill Onaga, to no avail. MK9 opens with him gettin his ass beat & tossed across the screen. Then proceeds throughout the game to take L... after L.... after L. After L... after L... . After L...... to the point where even liu kang & kung lao are giving him the bro wtf look. In MKX the revenants use every opportunity to highlight raidens Ls, blaming his incompitence for their situations. Fast foward to MK11 he realizes he took so many Ls he might as well let Liu Kang take over.
Hi girly girl!
@@CRT-MegatronGaming u d riding raiden too? U still recording low res mid tier gameplay on ur phone?
@@Blitches-SLXM show you can do better or zip it🤐.
Also my views are much higher than yours. So there's that.
Bye girl!
@@Blitches-SLXM if you are better at Street Fighter 3 Third Strike, Ultra Street Fighter 4 and Street Fighter 5 Champion Edition.
Show it.
Also your views though ... L.
Mortal one kombat sucks ass across the board.
Raider in the MK movie (2021) and Mk1 is ass
Your answer wouldn’t be racist whatsoever because Raiden has always been asian in mortal kombat. He’s always had the high cheekbones and thick eyebrows along with the eyes. Regardless of what anyone says the dude is based off of the god raijin and raijin is Japanese. Well technically he’s an oni but he’s still of asian origin. Cant tell you how many times people have told me that raiden has been white in all the games and i said no he’s only been depicted as white in the two mortal kombat movies along with the tv shows.
Also the trinket he was given was the amulet from the mortal kombat 9 game that showed him is he was fixing the timeline or not.
Also the dude that played raiden in mk1 for the older raiden is another voice actor if im not mistaken it’s a dude that has played thor in cartoons and games
Christopher Lambert or Jeff Meek
Raiden is a tall white guy,who cares.
Left.Dude the more they release MK the more they fucked up
Dawg what in the HELL are you even talking about. You cannot string together a single coherent point or thought it’s insane. Not to mention the weird mouth covering schizo attacks.