The Raiden mk-II is a guest fighter from the Raiden series of top-down scrolling shooters by Seibu Kaihatsu. In Xeno Fighters R, it is based on the Raiden Fighters series version.
Description[]
The Raiden mk-II has homing and tracking weapons. It uses the famous Raiden II Bend Plasma as its Laser weapon and Homing Missiles (here called Homing Missile R). Fully powered up, the Raiden mk-II excels in crowd control, and due to its excellent rate of fire on its weapons, it can deal damage constantly. Its weaknesses are its slow movement speed (the slowest in the game), below average damage potential due to its gimmicky weapons, and a slowly deploying Bomber.
This ship uses both Missile and Laser weapons simultaneously. However, each needs to be powered up individually.
All Seibu Kaihatsu guest fighters are not invincible when using their Bomber.
Loadout[]
The Bend Plasma and the Homing Missile R together take away the need for the Raiden mk-II to aim.
Laser weapon[]
Bend Plasma: Fires a constant energy stream that locks onto enemies. The weapon can lock onto additional enemies, dealing damage to every one. At level 0 (no powerups), the weapon begins as a straight-firing stream of bullets with a high rate of fire.
Missile weapon[]
Homing Missile R: Releases homing missiles. Higher power levels increase the damage and the number of missiles released in one burst.
Bomber[]
Thermonuclear Bomb: A regular focused bomb. Deals a fair amount of damage, but has a slow deployment time that makes it ineffective to use in a pinch.
Slaves[]
Standard Raiden F: This is the standard Slave type used in the Raiden Fighters games.
Unlock requirements[]
To be announced.
Development history[]
More information: History#Sprite Revisions and History#Raiden mk-II Bend Plasma weapon
The Raiden mk-II is the first ship ever to be made in the game. As early as V.A.F. Squadron's alpha development phase in March 2000, the Raiden mk-II was the first ship to be made before other ships were made.
Screenshot gallery[]
 The Raiden mk-II's portrait in the ship select screen. |
 The Thermonuclear Bomb is slow-deploying. Sometimes it is too slow to save the Raiden mk-II in a pinch. | |
External links[]
| Playable fighters | ||
| Original ships | Amada Vipros ● Phyxius ● Zaiva ● Xelcor ● Divine Gale ● Bronze Kolibri ● Varuna | |
| Seibu Kaihatsu guests | Raiden mk-II ● Judge Spear ● Raiden mk-IIβ ● Blue Javelin ● Dark Sword ● Miclus ● Lasercopter | |
| Psikyo guests | A6M Zero ● X-36 ● Tengai ● P38 Lightning ● Twin Mustang ● Marion ● Yuan-Nang | |
| Capcom guests | P-38 ● Stearman E75 ● Michelle Heart ● Kevin Walker ● Mega Man | |
| Konami guests | Vic Viper ● TwinBee ● Lord British ● Hikaru ● Grey Layer ● Metalion | |
| Raizing/Eighting guests | Miyamoto ● Silver Sword ● Wild Snail | |
| Namco guests | Gyaraga ● Solvalou | |
| Tecmo guests | Castor ● Pollux | |
| Other guests | Miria ● Hoplon ● R-9Leo ● Opa-Opa ● Infernal Iris ● Core Cannon ● Astro Slug ● TC-17 Twin Cobra ● MiG-31 Firefox ● Fire Leo-03 Styx | |
| Related pages | Removed ships | |