Raiden getting revealed at EVO

Really? I'd have drier lips than an African, cos I wouldn't pay 3 dollars for a damn soda.

At least you got to play casuals, though. Did you play against any super high level players?

Lol we got the free ice and melted it into water with their hair dryer to get water in the hotel. Screw the 4$ water.

The tournament had free water available.




Lol, never buy shit from the hotels. Gotta walk to the nearest corner store to stock up on supplies.

We couldn't get a ride to a grocery type store so we ordered delivery for every meal lol. I did fail and buy a breakfast sandwhich for 8$. It didn't even taste that good.
 
That being said, I'd be very surprised if they reveal Raiden at EVO.

How so?
"I stand watch for eternity" is something that Raiden would say, and it very much resembled his MK4 intro speech.




Everyone knows that Raiden will be in. His reveal would be really lackluster and not very hype at all. The only reason why the CG trailer was good was because it was the first glimpse of MKX. It wasn't exciting to see those characters again. We know that they will be in. A Raiden reveal at EVO would be a waste in my opinion.

Nah.
That reveal sure as hell wasn't lackluster, AT ALL.
It was VERY hype.
I sure as hell don't think that the Raiden reveal was a waste of time, and his Storm Lord variation where he can set up Lightning Traps was pretty awesome.

Hell, for the first time in a LOOOOONG time I may actually try to get good with Raiden, and possibly consider him in my top 3 rotation, if not a main.
 
Liked the look and gameplay of Raiden overall, hoped they would get rid of that body suit like clothing under hat, covering his head and ears though.
 
I don't mind that so much.
He looked like a mix of MKII / Dark Raiden / Big Trouble In Little China, so I'm happy with his design.

I'm loving all the electricity constantly flowing through his body, and well as on his hat.
For being a "Thunder" god, who can control lightning, it's a big aspect of the costume that wasn't so prominent in MK9.
Sure, you saw a spark or 2 in MK9, but in MK X Raiden is fully covered in electricity, and it looks awesome.







Damn, it looks like only one variation of Raiden has a teleport special. His default special moves look like the lightning bolt and Superman.


Ed said that they aren't taking out special moves for variations, just adding to them.

Ed Boon said:
"It would be weird to have Raiden, and he doesn't have his Superman move.
So, we're not going to take that away from any of the variations.
It would also be weird if he didn't have some kind of lightning projectile.
That's just engrained in everybody's DNA, who plays Raiden.
What we're doing is adding on top of those things."




I suspect that ALL the iconic special moves will be in every variation, as basics.
Meaning that 1 variation will probably focus MORE on special teleport-based attacks, but that doesn't mean that the basic teleport is automatically gone from other variations.
 
Ya never know remember when mr boon said ther would be no mk characters in injustice

I like kai for how much of a better character he could be he was real cool in mk4 along with fujin (who I have a gut feeling will be the one actually revealed and not raiden)
If Kai does become a playable character please don't sterotype him with the cornrows

Plus Kai ethnicity is Napali though still black

Cornrows, braids, Afros, and dreads are not stereotypes of black people. Those are very common hairstyles in black communities.
 
Nah, I don't think he's a liar.

I think he means that there will be a couple of base special moves. So each variation will have a few moves in common For Raiden it is his super man and electric projectile and then, they'll add on to that different variations of unique specials. At least, that's how I interpreted it.

I doubt Boon would just flat out lie about something like that (If it doesn't regard online play...)
 
Yeah raidens teleport is iconic but it's also in only one variation.

I think like 2-3+ specials will be universal and 2-3+ will be variation specific.
 
I'm hoping that they reveal more than 1 character this sunday, cause Raiden is one boring dude.


i just....no, just no. raiden is the greatest, i would rather ride his lightning rod than have to endure yet another scorpion dick sucking session. don't get me wrong, i don't hate scorpion by any means, but, jesus, the scorpion teabagging is old.
 
Yeah raidens teleport is iconic but it's also in only one variation.

I think like 2-3+ specials will be universal and 2-3+ will be variation specific.

Nope.
You can see him teleport during one of the combos in the "Thunder God" variation showcase. He also drops one of the "electric trap" balls during that showcase as well.
 
Nope.
You can see him teleport during one of the combos in the "Thunder God" variation showcase. He also drops one of the "electric trap" balls during that showcase as well.

That was part of an Ex move.
He also teleports during Ex Superman.


He only has standard teleports in the Displacer variation.
 
Watch the Raiden trailer above in Araknyd's post.

@:35 he does the regular version of the one handed shocker move
And then at @:57 we see the Ex version.


We can assume that this is the Ex version because although it doesn't have the regular Ex move pulse flash effect, he also does not do his regular teleport animation that we see during the Displacer showcase. The animation being where he throws one hand up towards his hat, even when cancelling his normals he does this animation.
 
Watch the Raiden trailer above in Araknyd's post.

@:35 he does the regular version of the one handed shocker move
And then at @:57 we see the Ex version.


We can assume that this is the Ex version because although it doesn't have the regular Ex move pulse flash effect, he also does not do his regular teleport animation that we see during the Displacer showcase. The animation being where he throws one hand up towards his hat, even when cancelling his normals he does this animation.

Fair enough, dude. Ya got me there.
 
Watch the Raiden trailer above in Araknyd's post.

@:35 he does the regular version of the one handed shocker move
And then at @:57 we see the Ex version.

It looks like that Ex version of the shocker has a built in teleport, though.
 
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