The "high heels" allow him to easily grip his sword with his feet when executing combos. You may wonder how he would "clamp" the sword without.
The team in charge of Revengeance depicted Raiden as a more mature character than in his previous appearances; they said his swordplay is not based on any samurai and that Raiden's cybernetic body includes heels because they enable his style of swordplay, where he wields weapons with his feet.
As a prisoner, the Patriots used Raiden as a test subject for experiments in exoskeletal enhancement surgery, during which he had his head and spine excised from his body from his lower jaw down and subsequently grafted into an enhanced synthetic body.
Rose and Raiden finally decided to reconcile, and began their relationship anew as a family.
He was later fitted with a more human exoskeleton after the events of the World Marshal Incursions. The human exoskeleton could be compared to his body following the Guns of the Patriots Incident. The new human body featured more human looking artifical skin and shared working to any other normal cyborg body.
Although Raiden's head from the mouth-up was still flesh, the lower jaw was cybernetic, resulting in a skull-like appearance.
Although not an eyepatch, Raiden utilized a cloth to cover his missing left eye, after a fight with Samuel Rodrigues resulted in his eye being injured and amputated, and because a cybernetic replacement eye wasn't fully created prior to his surgery, in 2018.
John, nicknamed Little John, is the son of Raiden and Rosemary.
Raiden is a gender-neutral name of Japanese origin.
The former Electro Archon, Raiden Makoto is the twin sister of Raiden Ei. Compared to Ei's more stressed personality, Makoto was known as a calm and peaceful goddess. In this way, the two have a very balanced dynamic.
He's referring to the events of Twin Suns from Metal Gear Solid 4, where he had to lose his arms to save Solid Snake (specifically, he willingly cut off his right arm to save Snake from Outer Haven due to being otherwise unable to move in to aid Snake, and he lost the remaining arm when he was crushed by Outer Haven).
In order for Makoto to become one of The Seven in Genshin Impact, Raiden Ei sacrificed her body so her twin could ascend to Celestia.
Raiden most definitely has Anti-Social Personality Disorder.
The high heels make ninja run and climbing possible, and let him attach his swords to his feet. As for wigs, Raiden has naturally almost white and long hair. After the Patriots turned him into a cybork he lost his real hair and now wears a wig.
Type of Villain
End of story. Jetstream Sam's final lecture in a nutshell, prior to fighting Raiden. Samuel Rodrigues, better known as Jetstream Sam or the Minuano, is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Sundowner) of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, also being the titular main protagonist of his own DLC.
A closer examination of Sunny's render, specifically her ID card, reveals her full name as "Sunny Emmerich." In a Codec conversation with Courtney, Raiden confirmed that she gained the last name of Emmerich when Otacon became her legal guardian between the events of Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Rising.
6 Son of (Solidus) Snake
After revealing to Raiden that he is his adopted father, Solidus also makes the chilling revelation that he killed Raiden's biological parents so he can be trained as a soldier.
3 Raiden Shogun, Around 3000 Years Old
The sisters who defended Inazuma during the Archon War around 2000 years ago, are believed to be at least 3000 years old, considering their experience and strength.
It has been confirmed that Scaramouche is one of Raiden Ei's creations, and could be considered her child. His past is described as such in the Pale Flame artifact set: He was born with a face fairer than any other, Destined to a long life and a hollow will.
Raiden saves baby Liu Kang (Opening Scene) | Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms - YouTube.
The electricity Raiden creates is blue and white. After his corruption, starting in MK11, Raiden now creates red electricity. The color of his lightning attacks can change color based on which shader is selected in his guest appearance in Injustice 2. His default shader retains the original blue lightning.
Raiden, (the character Raikov was based on) would later lose his left eye in the prologue of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The mask can be used to distract Volgin during Snake's battle with him, allowing the player an opportunity to attack.
On the japanese version it was white due to japan's censorship. They had to alter the story a bit to fit that. Red blood is the correct color for the time period the game takes place and it's advancements.