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Game Debate to the Death! Raiden VS M. Bison photo

Last week was an explosive start to round two of our cross-series debate. As the remaining competitors dwindle down, it was inevitable that two would eventually meet and cause a heated debate on both sides of the battle. At fist the votes were tied for a while, but eventually the scales tipped and a clear winner emerged. Here are results:

  • Scorpion: 35 votes
  • Ryu: 62 votes - winner!

This week combines two deadly men with hats. No, not Gregor. It's a fight between a thunder God and a military man seeking world domination, and it's up to you to decide the winner. Raiden beat Blanka in the last round, and M. Bison defeated Shang Tsung to get this far. Who is the better fighter, and why? Cast your votes, give us a reason for your decision, get some friends to vote, and check back next week for the winner.


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zenpuff's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 05:53
zenpuff
Bison; he's one of the most feared characters in the fighting game world. Raiden ain't that hard.
King_Ghidra's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 06:56
King_Ghidra
Bison.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 07:26
bhive01
Bison. That guy was an asshole.
garrfunkel's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 08:18
garrfunkel
Im with Raiden mostly out of pity. Also he's got some pretty bad ass moves.
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 08:38
aborto thefetus
I'm going with Bison considering the fact that Raiden is a god and I can still kick his ass. He's the most pussy-ass god I've ever fought.
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 08:43
Joseph Leray
Raiden.

Bison wants to dominate one world. Raiden dominates all of them.
joepekula's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 09:06
joepekula
M. Bison
retrolab's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 09:13
retrolab
Bison.
Plibble's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 09:32
Plibble
PHYSCO CRUSHER!!!!
bison ofcourse!
boltox's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 09:43
boltox
M.Bison is the winner here. The sliding sweep kick is just too much for Raiden to handle. Also, Bison has a defibrillator/CPR unit built in his suit.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 10:09
Niero
Red Pantsu.
RestingSound's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 10:26
RestingSound
Raiden
Dickey's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 11:03
Dickey
Raiden. God of Thunder. pwn.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 12:51
F Whipple
Raiden
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 13:18
Im OK
I like Raiden for the most part. I don't really like Bison all that much.

But I'm going with Bison, if only because his superman move is covered in blue fire, while Raiden's is not.

Also, Raul Julia's Bison was far superior to Christopher Lambert's Raiden. He didn't fight or even wear the coolie hat for most of the movie. Also, James Remar's Raiden sucked balls.

I'm so glad Ryu won the last one by almost two to one. My faith in humanity has been restored.

By the way, has anyone seen MK vs SF 3 yet? Shin Lvl 2 Akuma vs Chameleon. It blows the last two out of the water, even though the last two were awesome themselves.
cjpkiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 13:25
cjpkiller
jesus christ are all of you idiots serious?!
bison is just a crazy dictator from asialand

RAIDEN IS A SKY GOD

he has to take human for so he can obviously die, however he just comes back to life aftarwards
plus he is THE defender the earth realm, to say that bison, some fuckwad idiot is better than him is to literally say you want the world to end, for demons to just descend upon us all.

now if anyone has actually been following the mk story line raiden just keeps getting more and more awesome while bison... oh wait there hasn't been a SF game for fucking forever.

get ken's cock out of your mouth get off your steet fighter bandwagon and vote for raiden

its you fuckwads that voted guile to be better than baraka.
get off the internet, you idiots are the reason I like angry porn.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 13:59
Im OK
Well, Guile is better than Baraka, so it's only fitting. *shrug*
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 14:07
Im OK
Wait, don't you mean that it was us fucktards that voted Vega to be better than Baraka?

Well, that's true as well, so... yeah. *shrug again*
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 14:08
Im OK
eh... fucktards... fuckwads... whatever, it's all the same.
Jester's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 14:31
Jester
@cjpkiller

You know, you make a good point that Raiden is a Skygod and all, but unfortunately it didn't mean crap, as far as his fighting ability went.

That said, Psycho Crusher > anything Raiden has. Bison gets the win.
relik's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 14:32
relik
Raiden is a thunder god. Although Vega is no pussy and his psycho power is pretty serious, I seriously doubt he'd beat a god.

so yeah. Raiden all the way.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 14:46
Wedge
Sooo how about this whole thing is a farce and SF > than MK?

I don't really care, coz' any contest that lets Ryu beat Ken no longer has any merit D=.

Also where is Dan in all this?
Tex's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 15:11
Tex
I think you guys are seriously overestimating Raiden's powers. Specifically, his title as Thunder God. Just because he's a god does not make him automatically more powerful than Bison. Even the combined forces of Raiden, Shang Tsung, and Quan Chi failed to stop the Dragon King Onaga. He's powerful, but not all-powerful. Besides, he's not even a boss in MK; he doesn't do much aside from organizing Earth Realm fighters and failing to kill Onaga. Bison was a boss character in multiple SF games and the primary antagonist for many characters.

Bison>Raiden.
CatalystMan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 15:32
CatalystMan
Bison has a hot clone. That alone makes him win. The only way to kill Bison is to destroy his soul (aka Akuma).

Bison wins hands down.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 17:44
deanhatescoffee
Bison FTW.
908peruvian's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 19:24
908peruvian
M Bison kicks Raidens ass anytime.

Raiden flying forward vs Psycho Crusher =
DEAD RAIDEN.

if Raiden tries to teleport,
M Bison does slide and cuts him in half.
or
he can throw a SF Alpha energy ball
that will be there waiting when Raiden teleports
in front of M Bison.
ridley80's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 20:15
ridley80
what's with all the Raiden is a god crap?...if he's such a god then why can you beat him with almost any MK character? EH? M. Bison was scary. More badass when you think that his name is Engrish for Mike Tyson. And that his original name is Balrog, even more badass.

He is actually ALL badass.
Lord Voli's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 20:25
Lord Voli
Raiden... I still remember the end of Mortal Kombat if you beat the game with Raiden. The tournament becomes a playground for gods who care nothing for the earth they destroy. Congratulations!
psychopathic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 21:05
psychopathic
raiden
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 22:21
Im OK
@ridley80

Bison's Japanese name was Vega, not Balrog. Balrog in Japan is the one we know as Vega over here. And Balrog over here is, of course, M. Bison in Japan.
ridley80's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 22:57
ridley80
Yes, Vega!...My bad....but still....mike bison for the win
xrayne446's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 23:04
xrayne446
when i think about it, i lean towards raiden, then M. Bison pops up in mind to be a little more bad ass, but then that warps into him being a tad bit boring design wise, and a little nazi like. raiden is the thunder god, besides his grotesque showings in the mortal kombat movies......RAIDEN FTW!!!!
madmatt's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 23:27
madmatt
heres how it boils down for me. All my friends are casual gamers and for that MK>SF.

Also if Bison ever joined a MK tournament then he would be dismembered in seconds. I dont think anyone has even died in a SF game.

All the SF fans I know are stuck up asses who care more about a complex fight system than just sitting down and having a good 2x2 fight.

Raiden wins.
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2007 23:54
aborto thefetus
Wait Vega beat Baraka? Where the fuck was I? Although vega is a badass, I'd go with Baraka considering vega comes off as sort of, well, feminine.

Isn't it amazing how I can get off topic?
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2007 01:04
Im OK
I wouldn't say that Street Fighter is any more complex than Mortal Kombat when it comes to the fight system, what with all the dial-a-combos, weapons styles, and multiple fighting styles (of the later games) and such to have to remember, not to mention the various fatalities, babalities, friendships, animalities, and so on and so forth. As far as I can recall, Gen was the only character in SF who had more than one fighting style to switch between, though I could be mistaken.

In any case, back to the Bison vs Raiden thing... the actual abilities of the characters or who would win if they fought (it's a toss-up and could go either way, as far as I'm concerned) or their comparative DBZ power levels or whatever, do not matter in the slightest in these things. For instance, I could say that Raiden wins simply because his hat is cooler than Bison's, or I could say that Bison wins because he's got that huge-ass awesome bell in his SF2 stage. It's totally subjective. There's no rhyme or reason to it.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2007 01:25
Im OK
It's totally subjective. There's no rhyme or reason to it.

To follow up on that, for instance, I think that Dan Hibiki is the single most awesome badass in any fighting game, and could kick the shit out of any of the other characters, SF or MK or any other game. You put Dan up in one of these things and I will vote for him every time.

Dan vs Bison? Dan.
Dan vs Raiden? Dan.
Dan vs Shin Akuma? Dan, in a heartbeat.
Dan vs Onaga? Dan, no contest.
Dan vs God Rugal? Dan, easily. Please.
Dan vs Onslaught and Apocalypse at the same time? Dan, with one hand tied behind his back.
Dan vs Sakura? ...er, well... that one could go either way.
Dan vs Joe Higashi? They wouldn't fight. They would combine their powers and take over the entire known universe.
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2007 01:52
KyleGamgee
I myself am a god, and Bison kicks my ass.

M. Bison would win in a fight between these two.
ToeKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2007 09:24
ToeKing
Raiden. He believes in Lui Kang.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2007 09:47
Mxyzptlk
What everyone who said M. Bison said.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/05/2007 19:36
Im OK
@ToeKing

But, sadly, Liu Kang lost to Zangief. Somehow. ;_;
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