R.I.P. Billy Kametz…his performance as Raidou and Maruki in Atlus games alone were stellar and while I didn’t know of most of his other work, I can respect his talent and dedication. Really wished we could’ve gotten Raidou HD Remasters with his voice of Raidou…guess that won’t be happening now. Regardless, when I think of Raidou, I’ll always think of Billy too. Rest In Peace, you magnificent man…
Well actually, it still could happen to release HD remastered port of Raidou duology. I mean the only voice that can give to Raidou is just battle grunts. Or Billy did voice Gouto as well.
@@kevinmolina382 I suppose, but it just wouldn’t be the same without him, y’know? Matt Mercer’s Raidou is good, but I prefer Billy’s. …That and I’d like for the game to get a dub like the Nocturne HD Remaster here did, especially since the dub for it is actually quite good, in my honest opinion. I could definitely see potential in it.
@@nyodesu that we could agree more, since the dub we have now are really faithful to the sources material and dialogue are sometimes original from the dub to better fit the character’s personalities within the story. As for Matt Mercer as Raidou, could be good fitting for Raidou; then again I do get feel of Yusuke Kitagawa vibe in the atmosphere. My suggestion would be Roger Craig Smith to be perfect candidate for Raidou, despite voicing as Sonic; but I believe he can do one hell of a job as Raidou. As for Gouto voice could be possible to bring Patrick Seitz to reprise role from the Soul Hacker game. Or perhaps, Atlus decided to keep the games as mute and reading along with the text dialogue instead. Either way, that would be up to Atlus if they wanted to add voices in the game or not?
It strains believability to have a character keep talking while the other stays silent, but to have TWO characters be completely silent while a third person does all the talking just comes off looking ridiculous.
As hilarious as it is, it is pretty jarring to have TWO silent characters. At least in IV:A's case, they gave the previous protagonists speaking roles.
God damn, gotou mannerisms is charming as hell.. The voice fit the moniker of cool black cat.. Hope Raidou & Gotou gain a new popularity, and maybe it will lead to their spin off game or new series..
Heck, even HD Remasters of Raidou 1 & 2 would be nice. Atlus could give the games the same kind of face-lifts like they did with Nocturne here......it'd be nice to have the game officially playable without OG Hardware and $500+ worth of rare PS2 games...
As much as I love this theme, I do wish they gave Raidou his own music instead of just reusing Dante’s theme. Imagine having him chase you with Go Raidou! Playing and the boss them from one of his games playing while you fight.
Technically, it's not Dante's theme. Dante was added in a special edition version in Japan, which was the version originally used worldwide. It's just the theme used by for this battle.
@@CodeNameX001 False. There were three versions of the game in Japan. The first version had neither characters, the second version had Dante then the third version had Raidou. It's Dante's theme.
When I first played the Raidou Kuzunoha series on PS2, I always figured if Gotou were to have a voice, he would sound something like Wesker from RE5. A deep yet collected all business like voice. Then this game happens... and lo and behold, he sounds literally EXACTLY like I always imagined him, to a T. His voice couldn't be any more perfect.
Dante 5th Kalpa: Heads - Dante costs 1 Macca Tails - Dante costs half your Macca Raidou 5th Kalpa: Left Tile - Raidou gives you 100,000 Macca Right Tile - Raidou gives you one Macca Raidou joins you no matter what and he gives you money if you pick the left tile while Dante will just toss a coin to see if you can guess a "heads only" coin to make him cost practically nothing. Both characters have the same set of skills so that you don't have to fork over the money if you don't want Dante from Atlus. Overall Dante is good fanservice over the years and he breaks up the monotony of demons by adding him into the story but Raidou is good smt fanservice and he comes with you free of cost while also giving you either a small amount of money or a huge amount of money.
Fun fact: raidou was actuslly better than dante pre remake, as raidou had a pierce skill, while dante didnt. In the remaster, dante's skill (roundabout i think? One of his phys skills) gained pierce, so the two are about equal
Great as if Dante wasn't terrifying enough now I have to deal with Raidou that's even more terrifying when you recall of the feats, and accomplishments Raidou and his party of demons have pulled off.
Raidou got stalemated in his battle with the demi fiend. Dante could've won. But it doesn't matter. Both are op. Being superior to Mido is no joke. Guy is a transcendent entity similar to Stephen.
@@jackour8167 raidou was going easy on him, raidou could’ve clapped him he beat lucifers angel form twice and beat Lucifer 3 times, raidou was about to kill him but was stopped by gouto due to their plans needing demi alive due to them suspecting Lucifer, raidou was going easy on the bastard the whole time and even contracts demifiend as his demon in the final kalpa, raidou isn’t on demi fiends team demifiend is RAIDOUS demon
@@sociallyawkard5675 nice bs. Raidou needed one demon at a time to beat devil lucifer. That didn't work with mid game demi fiend. He needed all other demons to even stand a chance. And demi fiend gets massively stronger later on. And still stalemates devil lucifer which means lucifer himself got massively stronger. If you truly think only protagonists can get stronger, then you're in a complete denial. Beating lucifer in his angel form is nothing. A single archangel can do that. And near mid game demi fiend trashed 3 archangels at once Haha no. Raidou literally offers his services to Naoki. Demi fiend can literally choose to neglect him and use other people. Demi fiend was the leader. Stop fanboying. TDE demi-fiend >>>>>>>>>>>mid game demi fiend >=
@@jackour8167 lucifers angel form is stronger then his devil form that demi fought at the very end of nocturne and Lucifer himself is one of the strongest megaten characters, lol the archangels aren’t on lucifers level, naoki never fought lucifers angel form, and he does get stronger but he is in no way on raidous level
@@sociallyawkard5675 f*ck no LMAO you never even play the games. Angel lucifer got f*cked by the archangels in smt 1 and in smt 2 his devil form is shown near Yhvh's level. Demi fiend >devil lucifer (noucturn) >raidou >devil lucifer (devil summoner version) >>>>>>>>>>>>>angel lucifer Play the games before you talk kid and stop fanboying. Demi fiend stomps raidou whether you like it or not.
my memorys a bit fuzzy but back in the first smt game on the snes it was the currency that the world replaced yen with once the world went to a hell. One of the npc's I think basically exchanges all your yen for macca, I think the rate was 100 yen per 1 macca?
Raidou is a very experienced devil summoner so I wouldn't be suprised if he was battling and negotiating with demons on his way to meet demi-fiend which would allow him to easily rack up mecca.
A voiced gouto would be pretty nice if raidou was ever remade/remastered. Though that would be fairly odd with how the game is fairly outdated with the systems
I gladly buy a remastered of Raidou duology or a trilogy if they decide to make a third game (just like how .hack/GU receive the 4th installment with previous trilogy being remastered). But if they ever made a remaster, I hope they include a voice acting this time. Raidou games felt so bland without voice acting. I need to know how Narumi sound like.
I agree. When raidou starts chanting, it's like ' holy shit he's gonna banish me' or something, but i feel as if Dante is a little more easy going toward demi-fiend, but only by a little bit. They're both scary as hell though, given they'll hunt you down through the 3rd kalpa. Both work well in their own respects, IMO
It's actually extremely unwise to just keep grinding ad nauseum in Nocturne, because MC's moveset is determined by his Magatama. Basically, they're these special bug things you obtain throughout the game, and depending on the Magatama you have equipped when you level up you can learn a new move. But you can only have one Magatama active at any given moment, and also each magatama has a certain move pool that must be learned in order. So basically, if you just keep grinding for EXP and Macca you'd inevitably ruin your build.
@@HunterStiles651 The magatama have level restrictions on learning skills anyway. Plus the level cap increases a lot anyway, so there’s some time to just take advantage of the stat benefits of the magatama you comfortable with.
You know at first I was kinda disappointed the devs didn’t make dante be in the base game. But on the other hand, raidou and gouto fit so much better in the story then dante ever could. Plus enter yoshitsune is MUCH more fun to watch then one of the combos from dmc 2, and FAR more entertaining to mock voice act cause of his out of nowhere entrance.
It has to do with controversy with Chinese and Korean Markets dealing with the Imperial Japanese like Uniform. I do like to see Raidou appear more games.
I haven't played 3 yet, but having watched both the Raidou and Dante versions of these videos... Raidou definately has his charm, but I must say it feels like a shame that the story beats were so clearly written for Dante first.
From what Ik raidou isn’t that strong , if you scale him or pay attention to his story he’s not stronger than Demi but I see Dante being stronger than him cuz it makes sense ,so I can see why he a challenge just not raidou
Raidou's actually a beast. Demi fiend(mid game) stalemating him is a vast feat. Mido himself admitted that he can't handle raidou. Mido was said to be a transcendent being samiliar to Stephen. Do you know how powerful Stephen is? Guy can literally make the likes of nanashi and aleph his bottom b*tchs. And demi fiend causally fights on par with beings superior. And that's mid game demi fiend. Don't even get me started on Dante bruh.
@@kingjoker8399 I mean demi fiend probably reaches dante's level after lucifer unlocks his potential. Power Levels should be this way (lore-wise) : Demi fiend >=raidou >Mido = Stephen >>>the other mainline heros
@@jackour8167 hes equal base cuz he never used devil trigger or majin devil trigger this version definitely have them but Dante dmc 5 unlock a power that surpassed this version 10x
@@kingjoker8399 nahh at the end of the labiranth he probably reaches Dante level. And the end of the game he becomes a full demon, putting at dante's devil trigger level
![Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner Soul Hackers FINAL Boss Raidou Kuzunoha [HARD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2D7ASnaf77M/mqdefault.jpg)
R.I.P. Billy Kametz…his performance as Raidou and Maruki in Atlus games alone were stellar and while I didn’t know of most of his other work, I can respect his talent and dedication. Really wished we could’ve gotten Raidou HD Remasters with his voice of Raidou…guess that won’t be happening now.
Regardless, when I think of Raidou, I’ll always think of Billy too. Rest In Peace, you magnificent man…
oh damn, he voiced Raidou too? RIP to a legend
Well actually, it still could happen to release HD remastered port of Raidou duology. I mean the only voice that can give to Raidou is just battle grunts. Or Billy did voice Gouto as well.
@@kevinmolina382 I suppose, but it just wouldn’t be the same without him, y’know?
Matt Mercer’s Raidou is good, but I prefer Billy’s.
…That and I’d like for the game to get a dub like the Nocturne HD Remaster here did, especially since the dub for it is actually quite good, in my honest opinion. I could definitely see potential in it.
@@nyodesu that we could agree more, since the dub we have now are really faithful to the sources material and dialogue are sometimes original from the dub to better fit the character’s personalities within the story.
As for Matt Mercer as Raidou, could be good fitting for Raidou; then again I do get feel of Yusuke Kitagawa vibe in the atmosphere. My suggestion would be Roger Craig Smith to be perfect candidate for Raidou, despite voicing as Sonic; but I believe he can do one hell of a job as Raidou. As for Gouto voice could be possible to bring Patrick Seitz to reprise role from the Soul Hacker game.
Or perhaps, Atlus decided to keep the games as mute and reading along with the text dialogue instead. Either way, that would be up to Atlus if they wanted to add voices in the game or not?
He was also Griffon in DMC5
It strains believability to have a character keep talking while the other stays silent, but to have TWO characters be completely silent while a third person does all the talking just comes off looking ridiculous.
As hilarious as it is, it is pretty jarring to have TWO silent characters. At least in IV:A's case, they gave the previous protagonists speaking roles.
don’t be mean to raidou, he’s not very smart. naoki has no excuse
God damned silent JRPG protagonists.
technically, the protagonist in turn does speak, but only based on the player's choices, so the choices are based on phrases
I probably wouldn't play smt if every fucking interaction is interjected by a vocied protagonist. I don't need the videogame to tell me how i feel.
God damn, gotou mannerisms is charming as hell..
The voice fit the moniker of cool black cat..
Hope Raidou & Gotou gain a new popularity, and maybe it will lead to their spin off game or new series..
What'd you expect from Prince Noctis.
Well he is the Master of Masters for a reason. I'll take my leave now, Arrivederci.
@@OnDavidsBrain ooooooh so that’s where he was that explains a lot
Heck, even HD Remasters of Raidou 1 & 2 would be nice. Atlus could give the games the same kind of face-lifts like they did with Nocturne here......it'd be nice to have the game officially playable without OG Hardware and $500+ worth of rare PS2 games...
@@deathbykonami5487 *cringe*
Morgana: I'm *NOT* a cat!!
Gotau: I am a cat who hate typing with paws.
Well it’s hard to type with paws lol
Okay so Raidou chasing you down is somehow way more scary then Dante. I blame his cape and not saying much. Good old Raidou.
Scarier than Dante? LOL
I would run too, imagine getting chase by raidou 14th like those red capes getting chased in his home games' opening.........
True, Raidou is much scarier when chased down.
Also, Dante lost his scary factor too
@@virhilios3789 in the original version where only raidou had pierce? Yes, much scarier.
This just makes me want a Raidou Duology Remaster
And with voice this time
I want that and a DDS Duology Remaster
You got your wish
Apparently they leaked by accident
As much as I love this theme, I do wish they gave Raidou his own music instead of just reusing Dante’s theme. Imagine having him chase you with Go Raidou! Playing and the boss them from one of his games playing while you fight.
Technically, it's not Dante's theme. Dante was added in a special edition version in Japan, which was the version originally used worldwide. It's just the theme used by for this battle.
they actually remixed Checkmate for the Chronicles version, can't tell if they brought it back for Nocturne HD or not though
@@CodeNameX001 False. There were three versions of the game in Japan. The first version had neither characters, the second version had Dante then the third version had Raidou. It's Dante's theme.
There's a mod for that 😎
Ah well. At least Raidou can speak in Soul Hackers
Prince Noctis sacrificed himself to get rid of the Starscourge.....and got reincarnated as the black cat sidekick of a teen demon hunter
Spoilers man! i didn't finish 15 yet.
@@aaronsound game is old man cant blame him for spoilers, also iron man dies in avengers
Raidou was includet once to advertise his game. They fully succeedet. Now I want to play his games.
I wish you luck getting it I couldn't find a copy for a reasonable price, most places charging over $100 or more
@@nekohallowking4762 theres still the possibility to emulate but I'm hoping for an PC port
When I first played the Raidou Kuzunoha series on PS2, I always figured if Gotou were to have a voice, he would sound something like Wesker from RE5. A deep yet collected all business like voice. Then this game happens... and lo and behold, he sounds literally EXACTLY like I always imagined him, to a T. His voice couldn't be any more perfect.
Dante 5th Kalpa:
Heads - Dante costs 1 Macca
Tails - Dante costs half your Macca
Raidou 5th Kalpa:
Left Tile - Raidou gives you 100,000 Macca
Right Tile - Raidou gives you one Macca
Raidou joins you no matter what and he gives you money if you pick the left tile while Dante will just toss a coin to see if you can guess a "heads only" coin to make him cost practically nothing. Both characters have the same set of skills so that you don't have to fork over the money if you don't want Dante from Atlus. Overall Dante is good fanservice over the years and he breaks up the monotony of demons by adding him into the story but Raidou is good smt fanservice and he comes with you free of cost while also giving you either a small amount of money or a huge amount of money.
It's funny since Raidou was basically marketing for his second game (at the time).
Fun fact: raidou was actuslly better than dante pre remake, as raidou had a pierce skill, while dante didnt.
In the remaster, dante's skill (roundabout i think? One of his phys skills) gained pierce, so the two are about equal
@@benlewis5136actually all of Dante'a physical skills pierce now he and Raidou are now identical in battle
Great as if Dante wasn't terrifying enough now I have to deal with Raidou that's even more terrifying when you recall of the feats, and accomplishments Raidou and his party of demons have pulled off.
Raidou got stalemated in his battle with the demi fiend. Dante could've won. But it doesn't matter. Both are op. Being superior to Mido is no joke. Guy is a transcendent entity similar to Stephen.
@@jackour8167 raidou was going easy on him, raidou could’ve clapped him he beat lucifers angel form twice and beat Lucifer 3 times, raidou was about to kill him but was stopped by gouto due to their plans needing demi alive due to them suspecting Lucifer, raidou was going easy on the bastard the whole time and even contracts demifiend as his demon in the final kalpa, raidou isn’t on demi fiends team demifiend is RAIDOUS demon
@@sociallyawkard5675 nice bs.
Raidou needed one demon at a time to beat devil lucifer. That didn't work with mid game demi fiend. He needed all other demons to even stand a chance. And demi fiend gets massively stronger later on. And still stalemates devil lucifer which means lucifer himself got massively stronger. If you truly think only protagonists can get stronger, then you're in a complete denial.
Beating lucifer in his angel form is nothing. A single archangel can do that. And near mid game demi fiend trashed 3 archangels at once
Haha no. Raidou literally offers his services to Naoki. Demi fiend can literally choose to neglect him and use other people. Demi fiend was the leader.
Stop fanboying.
TDE demi-fiend >>>>>>>>>>>mid game demi fiend >=
@@jackour8167 lucifers angel form is stronger then his devil form that demi fought at the very end of nocturne and Lucifer himself is one of the strongest megaten characters, lol the archangels aren’t on lucifers level, naoki never fought lucifers angel form, and he does get stronger but he is in no way on raidous level
@@sociallyawkard5675 f*ck no LMAO you never even play the games.
Angel lucifer got f*cked by the archangels in smt 1 and in smt 2 his devil form is shown near Yhvh's level.
Demi fiend >devil lucifer (noucturn) >raidou >devil lucifer (devil summoner version) >>>>>>>>>>>>>angel lucifer
Play the games before you talk kid and stop fanboying. Demi fiend stomps raidou whether you like it or not.
i'm assuming Macca is a kind of currency in this game, if so...then damn, Raidou just handed over 100,000 Macca. XD
my memorys a bit fuzzy but back in the first smt game on the snes it was the currency that the world replaced yen with once the world went to a hell. One of the npc's I think basically exchanges all your yen for macca, I think the rate was 100 yen per 1 macca?
@@WinterFox1000 so, that would be...10,000,000 Yen!?! O.O Raidou is so dead when he gets back home.
Raidou is a very experienced devil summoner so I wouldn't be suprised if he was battling and negotiating with demons on his way to meet demi-fiend which would allow him to easily rack up mecca.
@@ZackExplorer28 Like Gatou said he can already see Nazumi's face tic with anger and annoyance over this.
A voiced gouto would be pretty nice if raidou was ever remade/remastered. Though that would be fairly odd with how the game is fairly outdated with the systems
also raidou’s 8 tube attack is pretty cool
I gladly buy a remastered of Raidou duology or a trilogy if they decide to make a third game (just like how .hack/GU receive the 4th installment with previous trilogy being remastered). But if they ever made a remaster, I hope they include a voice acting this time. Raidou games felt so bland without voice acting. I need to know how Narumi sound like.
i wouldn't think the Raidou games can be tweaked a bit to work on more systems.
A Raidpu remaster is somewhat unlikely since any games featuring him are outright banned in China.
Raidou's grunt voice are really something...
talking cat?? damn looks like i dont need to pick up the dante pack anymore
even being a dmc fan since I was 8 years I still think that Raidou is more badass in SMT 3 than Dante
You have a right to your wrong opinion. XD Raidou's still cool though.
I agree. When raidou starts chanting, it's like ' holy shit he's gonna banish me' or something, but i feel as if Dante is a little more easy going toward demi-fiend, but only by a little bit. They're both scary as hell though, given they'll hunt you down through the 3rd kalpa. Both work well in their own respects, IMO
@@memesandgasolinestyling Demi fiend
Smocking sexy style
I wish atlus did more stuff like this raidou is so cool
When protagonists collide...
You can run
I’d just be nice and get the 1 macca, since they’re hard workers. Plus, with my play style of just keep grinding, I’d make a lot of macca anyway.
It's actually extremely unwise to just keep grinding ad nauseum in Nocturne, because MC's moveset is determined by his Magatama. Basically, they're these special bug things you obtain throughout the game, and depending on the Magatama you have equipped when you level up you can learn a new move. But you can only have one Magatama active at any given moment, and also each magatama has a certain move pool that must be learned in order. So basically, if you just keep grinding for EXP and Macca you'd inevitably ruin your build.
@@HunterStiles651
The magatama have level restrictions on learning skills anyway. Plus the level cap increases a lot anyway, so there’s some time to just take advantage of the stat benefits of the magatama you comfortable with.
@@michaelirazori9214 Yeah, and the Level is capped at 255 anyway
You know at first I was kinda disappointed the devs didn’t make dante be in the base game. But on the other hand, raidou and gouto fit so much better in the story then dante ever could.
Plus enter yoshitsune is MUCH more fun to watch then one of the combos from dmc 2, and FAR more entertaining to mock voice act cause of his out of nowhere entrance.
Love the vocalization of it.
If his first since is complied to his main theme, it would be perfect.
so awkward a converstaion between two silent protagonists translated by a cat
it's a shame Raidou and Gouto didn't end up in SMT5 as well, I wanna see those two merge together to become a Nahobino,bet it would look cool.
It has to do with controversy with Chinese and Korean Markets dealing with the Imperial Japanese like Uniform. I do like to see Raidou appear more games.
Raidou is waiting for all the NAUGHTY demi fiends in the Netherworld.
I haven't played 3 yet, but having watched both the Raidou and Dante versions of these videos...
Raidou definately has his charm, but I must say it feels like a shame that the story beats were so clearly written for Dante first.
Why they didn't make a Raidou style boss theme? It's strange hearing a DmC style song with him. 😅
Dante aint got nothing on Raidou with the flowing cape entrance.
Fucking Ferniand Von Aeigr voices Raidou...I dont fucking believe it
someone knows the name of the song that plays in the second cinematic?
The themes that play for Raidou are:
Showtime ! (Chronicle ver.)
Checkmate(Chronicle ver.)
Parting(Chronicle Ver.)
@@zerohunter8905 Thankyou very much!
what happens when raidou starts chanting?
It's a soul sending ritual. Raidou going to send demi-fiend to darkrealm.
@@larsalexanderson2028 oh well fuck this START THE RAIDOU CHANTING CULT
@@demonmangafighter9044 ok
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Autism to Autism communication
I have to go figure out who is doing Goutou's voice.
So what was raidou saying while he was doing the chant?
What's the music that plays at 14:25
Checkmate (Chronicles Version)
@@FDReiter Thanks!
I actually like Raidou more than Dante (fight me)
Talking cat with a beautiful voice.
raidou 🤤
Can we found raidou in smt 3 nocturne in ps2?
And how to find him?
He wasn't in the US version, I believe he was only in the Japanese Chronicle edition where he replaced Dante
@@mj1mj3 look like it time me to be japan summoner
Wait so which chase is easier Dante or raidou
Dante bc he has GUN
i honestly like raidou more than dante
Cool
Yeah, that song doesn't have much impact without Dante.
Ok so I never played raidou’s game so what’s with his cat and how can it talk
It's Gouto's gimmick...sort of.
It's a spirit adviser taking the form of a cat. There's more to it, but that's the gist of it.
Really wish they could have gotten Dante here as well, everything here fits him so much more
I prefer when it's Dante in these scenes...
Wait this isn’t persona….
Maruki
Old Man
I didn't know the DLC details.
I am so glad my game is Dante-less because Raidou is way cooler.
From what Ik raidou isn’t that strong , if you scale him or pay attention to his story he’s not stronger than Demi but I see Dante being stronger than him cuz it makes sense ,so I can see why he a challenge just not raidou
Raidou's actually a beast. Demi fiend(mid game) stalemating him is a vast feat.
Mido himself admitted that he can't handle raidou.
Mido was said to be a transcendent being samiliar to Stephen.
Do you know how powerful Stephen is? Guy can literally make the likes of nanashi and aleph his bottom b*tchs.
And demi fiend causally fights on par with beings superior.
And that's mid game demi fiend.
Don't even get me started on Dante bruh.
@@jackour8167 that’s in game yes but I’m talking about lore and canon wise Dante is stronger outta of the 3
@@kingjoker8399 I mean demi fiend probably reaches dante's level after lucifer unlocks his potential.
Power Levels should be this way (lore-wise) :
Demi fiend >=raidou >Mido = Stephen >>>the other mainline heros
@@jackour8167 hes equal base cuz he never used devil trigger or majin devil trigger this version definitely have them but Dante dmc 5 unlock a power that surpassed this version 10x
@@kingjoker8399 nahh at the end of the labiranth he probably reaches Dante level.
And the end of the game he becomes a full demon, putting at dante's devil trigger level
Meh, i will buy maniac pack then,,
I prefer the fan-translated epilogue, the official one sounds clunky and not as cool.
Introducing Sasuke Uchiha from the Boruto: Naruto next Generations series. 😅