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Rain is a fictional character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise by Midway Games. Originating as a palette-swapped joke red herring inserted into ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' by ''Mortal Kombat'' co-creator Ed Boon in order to stir up fan interest in the game, he became a playable character in the follow-up title ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy.'' In the games, Rain hails from the otherworldly realm of Edenia like Kitana and Jade, but he does not share his compatriots' allegiance to their homeland and instead opts to serve evil Outworld emperor Shao Kahn. He plays his most prominent role in ''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'', where he is revealed to be a demigod and related to the protagonist of the game's storyline. Since his ''UMK3'' debut, Rain's presence in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise has been relatively sparse, as he has been selectable in only the series' two compilation titles (''Trilogy'' and ''Armageddon'') and the 2011 ''Mortal Kombat'' reboot, for which he was a later addition to the character roster as downloadable content, while he appears as a nonplayable character in 2015's ''Mortal Kombat X''. General critical reception to the character has been mainly negative in response to his origins and some of his finishing moves. ==History and creation== Rain's first appearance in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series literally spans one second, when he is spotted running up to and attacking Shao Kahn on the Portal stage in the attract mode sequence of 1995's ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3''.〔(Ultimate MKIII (Arcade) Rain Secret ) - YouTube (event occurs 0:21), June 4, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2014.〕 A second and less frequent sighting in the sequence saw him facing Kahn on the Portal bridge and merely falling over backwards.〔(Rain attract mode sequence #2 ). Retrieved June 21, 2014.〕 Similar to Ermac in the first ''Mortal Kombat'', players attempted to hunt him down to no avail, and the speculation regarding his existence was further aggravated by a message activated by a Kombat Kode that read, "Rain can be found in the Graveyard," in reference to a stage in the game where he was never actually seen.〔(Mortal Kombat Secrets: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 ) - MKSecrets.net. Retrieved February 12, 2014.〕 Series co-creator Ed Boon explained that Rain's conception "was me being a jerk, basically." A huge fan of Prince, Boon's inspiration for the character was the 1984 track ''Purple Rain'', coupled with his jokingly wondering what color palette had not yet been used in the games. In another nod to the singer, Rain addresses himself as "Prince of Edenia" in ''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon''. By the time Boon had decided to include him as a selectable in ''UMK3,'' the game was already completed, so due to time constraints he had to hack into the attract mode to insert a snippet of the character as an unplayable red herring who was a purple palette swap of Scorpion, while creating a new font for displaying his name in his power bar; therefore, it is the only one in the game that is not italicized.〔〔 Rain was made a playable character with his own backstory and distinct set of moves for the home versions of ''UMK3'' and the 1996 home-release compilation title ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy,'' the latter which was to actually include another new ninja character, Tremor, a brown palette swap who had been axed during the development process (he later made his first series appearance in the 2000 spinoff ''Mortal Kombat: Special Forces''). The noncanonical biography that had been created for him was passed on to Rain instead and included in the game's instruction manual.〔(Mortal Kombat Trilogy - In Development ) - MKSecrets.net. Retrieved February 22, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rain (Mortal Kombat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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