Raiden or Rayden?

[marv]

I prefer Raiden with an "I" but my wife insists upon Rayden with a "Y".
Is our marriage doomed?

 

[dreemernj]

This question has spawned Nuclear (or as Dubya would say Nucular) level flame wars.

But in actuality, you are both right. Raiden is what he is named in the arcade. So many consider that to be the true spelling.

Rayden is what he is named on home systems. It's a little less legit (cause it's not arcade) but it's also more correct phonetically (since Raiden should really be pronounced Rye Den).

 

[Kazlaz]

i like raiden and your marrage is doomed just hopeless

 

[Mr Wiggl3s]

rayden

and raiden trad

 

[Kazlaz]

for got what i was going to type

 

[XpArTy]

^ We need more drunk people :wink:

Well, the "Raiden" way of spelling is the correct English spelling of the god of thunder and lightning in Japanese mythology.
Rayden was the substitute, because some people didn't want one of their gods be in a violent game, so they demanded a change. Blame censorship.

 

[Kazlaz]

im drunk??

 

[XpArTy]

im drunk??

Only fooling around. Nothing serious, just a little fun.

 

[Kazlaz]

hiccup... iss not drunken isss just no good at dis car hiccup

 

[Mr Wiggl3s]

for got what i was going to type

something like this?

mr wiggl3s leik omg plz sex me teh fux up

 

[Kazlaz]

woa i never said that how did you do that you could seriously screw with peoples brains

 

[Mr Wiggl3s]

woa i never said that how did you do that you could seriously screw with peoples brains

what ever you gotta tell your self kazlaz

 

[Kazlaz]

lmao no mwuhahahahahah do you like my sig i do
its saying i want to be friends with you all

 

[Mr Wiggl3s]

Ya, you just said you want to be more-than-friends with wiggl3s

 

[Kazlaz]

lmao

 

[abc ur dead0]

Ya, you just said you want to be more-than-friends with wiggl3s

>.>

<.<

*Walks out of thread*

 

[Kazlaz]

i have ran out the door along time ago

 

[dreemernj]

^ We need more drunk people :wink:

Well, the "Raiden" way of spelling is the correct English spelling of the god of thunder and lightning in Japanese mythology.
Rayden was the substitute, because some people didn't want one of their gods be in a violent game, so they demanded a change. Blame censorship.

It can be Raijin as well.

And there has always been talk about legal issues with 'Raiden'

Fatal Fury, Virtual On, and Metal Gear Solid have characters named Raiden. There's also a shooting game series named Raiden. Very popular name, lol.

 

[Kazlaz]

ours is the best : )

 

[marv]

Yeah I've always heard that they changed it on the console for legal reasons. I keep telling my wife Raiden is the original and arcade spelling and thus better, but she still prefers Rayden.

Perhaps we should somehow incorporate a Raiden and a Rayden in UMKT and fight to the death.

 

[Kazlaz]

umkt what is that a blend of them all ??
and tell her to read this

UMKT???

 

[ZAQ]

Yeah, I always assumed it was because of the shooting game. In our old arcade that machine was very close to the MK2 cabinet for some reason.

 

[Shock]

During the FuncoLand days I looked through their flyer and saw "Raiden" as a game listed for I believe Super Nintendo. I didn't realize that it was an overhead shooter or whatever it was until I asked someone if they made a Mortal Kombat game centered around him.

 

[marv]

umkt what is that a blend of them all ??
and tell her to read this

UMKT???

Kinda. Or eventually. It's Dreamer's engine (that I've done a little work on as well). It has its own thread, over in the General section. It's sticky. Can't miss it.

 

[NobilityV3]

might as well spell it Raiyden?