Talk:Rain (Mortal Kombat)

Fate

Being that I am a fan of Rain, I do not reject the news of the uncertainty of his fate. However, what eveidence is there against his game ending not occuring? (A failed suicide mission doesn't necessarily mean that he was killed).

Also, what happened to the mention of his movie appearance?

I changed the part about "Rain's ending did not happen". There is nothing in the games to back up this statement. The arguments presented are somewhat convincing, but not necessarily accurate and thus refutible. Rain could have tried a suicide mission, got lost, knocked out, imprisoned, beaten and fled, or maybe even killed and revived by someone else, but there is no evidence as of November 2004 that Rain's ending did not happen.

Also, weren't the bio and ending removed earlier? It is useful to have them there, however, is that considered a copyright violation?

Ermac becoming a prince is another reference to the artist Prince. Should this be added?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.129.141.29 (talk • contribs)

Uh... no. How does anything about Ermac have to do with Prince or Rain? EVula 22:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey, the page doesn't have the MKT/UMK3 ending anymore. Since no one really knows what MKA means to the story, it might well be more informative to keep the old story on the page, since there's no explanation for the retcon.

DotR voice actor

Just a little quirk about the voice actor addition in Rain's infobox (that I made): if you check out the credits for Skin Deep, you'll see it there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Omdfg (talk • contribs) 14:28, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

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February 2014

Article has been restored. Writing the reception section was almost painful. sixtynine ^{• spill it •} 09:28, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

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Please be more specific

Firstly, this:

Reception to the character has been mixed, with some critics regarding him as lacking distinguishing features from the franchise's earlier ninjas.[source?]

I haven't seen any of this and instead have mostly seen positive reception.

Secondly: what value does "Mortal Kombat character" add in the article description? Duly note that it only repeats the MK words in the title, Rain (Mortal Kombat), whereas "Villainous demi-god of Edenia" is more descriptive. "Villain(ous)" is better because it refers to a fictive character that's malicious i.e. Rain. ToniTurunen (talk) 21:17, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

The sources for his reception are in his reception section. He has received both positive and negative commentary. Per Wikipedia guidelines, sources are not required for the lede if they are in the body of the article.

As for the article description, the short description "Villainous demi-god of Edenia" is inaccurate and will confuse readers unfamiliar with the subject. He is not actually a "Villainous demi-god of Edenia"; in the real world, he is a fictional character from the Mortal Kombat franchise. And if the reader doesn't know Mortal Kombat, they will not know what "Edenia" is. Bluerules (talk) 05:09, 11 June 2021 (UTC)