Rain is more MK than Baraka or Sheeva? Seriously?
Ok let's see here. Baraka was an epic playable character in MKII, and brought back in MKD. Sheeva is a Shokan (classic MK race), and was a playable character in both versions of MK3. Rain? His only appearance in a real MK game prior to MK9 was in the intro of the arcade UMK3 as a JOKE. Rain was never intended to be a serious MK character at all.
Then, some ass-clown decided to make him playable and broken in the home ports of UMK3, and then all of a sudden everyone got these huge man-crushes on Rain and are sleeping with their Rain plushies and dressing their sex dolls in purple ninja suits. I still don't get it.
(wait, did I just actually admit that the arcade UMK3 is a real MK game? I must be slipping...)