The noncanonical biography that had been created for him was passed on to Rain instead and included in the game's instruction manual. 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 cut during the development process. By the time Boon had decided to include Rain as a selectable in UMK3, the game was already completed, which caused him 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, and created his name from scratch to display in his power bar, thus it is the only one in the game that is not italicized. Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon explained in 2011 that Rain's conception "was me being a jerk, basically." A 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.
Similar to Ermac in the first Mortal Kombat, players attempted to hunt him down to no avail, and speculation regarding his existence was spurred by a cryptic message inserted by the developers that read "Rain can be found in the Graveyard", in reference to a stage in the game where the character was never actually seen.
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Rain makes his first appearance in the Mortal Kombat series in the attract mode of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995), in which he attacks Shao Kahn on the Portal stage. Reception to the character has been mixed, with some critics regarding him as lacking distinguishing features from the franchise's earlier ninja characters. Originally depicted as a purple palette swap of the series' male ninjas, the character is a homage to American musician Prince. As implied by his name, his powers center around water manipulation. Rain is a royal demigod from the fictional realm of Edenia whose desire for power leads to him aligning with the franchise's villains. He debuted as a playable character in home ports of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995) after appearing in the arcade version's attract mode. Rain is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Rain in Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath (2020)
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