ok, so many of you might be asking, how in the world can a pansy such as Raiden even be in the same league as Big Boss!? Well, theres more to Raiden than meets the eye my friend.

MGS3 - If you've beaten MGS3, then you know of the tragic relationship between The Boss and Naked Snake. The Boss, the greatest soldier that America(edit: The WORLD!) has ever seen. Naked Snake, trained by the best, and survived the test(over and over again). Although he had no battle experience when it came to jungle warfare before The Virtuous Mission, he proved to be quite usefull to his government official's (as well as The Boss, who's connection to the US exceeded that of Big Boss).

MGS2 - Now lets examine MGS2's similarities. For one, Raiden has never been in a real life mission before the Big Shell(keyword: mission). He was however, trained in over hundred's of VR mission's. Is it starting to click yet? But VR mission's was not the only training he received. The best training that Raiden received in his life was by Solidus Snake when he was young. Solidus took everything away from Raiden. Which i find ironic since The Boss' relationship with Naked Snake was the complete opposite of Raidens and Solidus.

Now lets take a look at Raidens mentor; Solidus Snake. He was actually the president of the United States for a short time. Went by the alias of George Sear's. He later resigned (atleast, thats what the media thought), and went into deep underground hiding. And later surprised the hell out of The Patriots with the Big Shell incident when he sided with suppoused Terrorist( Dead Cell). The Boss went through similiar treatment. She was the 1st human to be sent to the moon, years later, is unseen for about 3 years (suppousably she was in a huge confidential mission). After she comes out of hiding, the US government finds that she has sided with the USSR, and has blown up a research facility using the US' own portable nuclear missle (The Davy Crocket). I know, it freaked me out too.

Solidus Snake, third son to be born of the Les Enfant Terribles Project. He was endowed with a masterful balance of both dominent, and recessive genes, leading to be the perfect clone. In a sense, Solidus is Big Boss. So for Raiden to be trained by this legendary soldier is 100% comparable to The Boss training Naked Snake. Think of it this way, The Boss was the ultimate soldier before the turn of the 20th century, followed by Big Boss, and later we see the new "reincarnation" of the new ultimate soldiers, none other than the 3 Snake clones. The legacy of Big Boss continues in Solid, Liquid's, and Solidus' gene's. But clones dont live forever, so who's next to take the legendary soldier status. You should already know the answer to that one.

We all know the side-effects of cloning, rapid aging and, well....rapid aging! Due to this problem, Solidus Snake was "dethroned" long before Solid and Liquids death (Liquid's death is debatable). He aged faster than the other 2. And it was a good thing too. He trained Raiden just in time in order for him to atleast be next to our hero Solid Snake (admit it). How can anyone deny the huge similarities between the two final battles in MGS3 and MGS2? The Boss vs. Naked Snake contained much emotion. That emotion, was later revived in the heat of Raiden's and Solidus' sword fight. The Patriots, just like the US government back in the 60's, told Raiden to kill his (wait for it) Step Father, told Naked Snake to kill his beloved mentor. Naked Snake felt betrayed by his government, the honor and loyalty of a soldier was non-existent after Snakes final encounter with The Boss. Raiden on the other hand, was locked in a paradox. He hated Solidus with all his heart after he told him about his grueling past, Raiden wanted him dead. BUT, The Patriots wanted Raiden to do this from the beginning, and Raiden didnt want any part in helping The Patriots. Like i said, Raiden was locked in a paradox.

And now we move to MGS4. The big daddy of them all. With Raiden now officially known as "Cyborg Raiden", i cant help but also think of, you guessed, Gray Fox, Cyborg Ninja, Deepthroat,.......Frank..Jaeger. Trained by Big Boss himself, oh come on! You should already know that Big Boss training Jaeger = Solidus' training Raiden!!!

So are you still asking your self how in the world can a pansy such as Raiden even be in the same league as Big Boss? Yea...i thought so....