Samuel Rodrigues

Samuel Rodriguez was a Cyborg Ninja who is involved in 2018, and is a rival to Raiden. A member of the Desperado PSMC group, he is a master swordsman of the Brazilian technique "New Shadow School", which had some derivations from the Japanese. He and Raiden first encountered each other inside of a town, where Sam had recently killed a Maverick soldier manning an Armored Personnel Carrier's gun turret. Maverick, after learning from Raiden that Sam was a cyborg, and learned that he is unaffiliated to any of their competitors, orders Raiden to take him out.[15] Sam fought with Raiden at multiple points during the mission, including on a train, where he managed to amputate Raiden's left arm and inflict serious injuries onto Raiden. During this encounter, Raiden managed to see through this technique, causing Sam to tell Raiden that the latter was "denying his weapon its purpose!" Behind the scenesEdit



Sam render from Metal Gear Rising Revengeance (Post E3). Sam first appeared in the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards trailer regarding Metal Gear Solid: Rising becoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Fans initially thought that he was Vamp, due to his strong resemblance as well as their rivalry in the trailer. The pre-E3 show on Konami's website, when covering Metal Gear Rising, revealed Sam's name during the staff interviews. In addition, in an interview released on GameTrailers on June 7, Korekado revealed that Sam is not supposed to be Vamp.[16] In the Japanese version, Sam will be voiced by Hiroaki Hirata, who previously voiced Balthier from Final Fantasy XII.[17] In the English and International versions, Sam will be voiced by Philip Anthony-Rodriguez.[18]