The fight between Raiden and RAY was shown as early as the VGA 2011 trailer revealing the change from Metal Gear Solid: Rising to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, with it ultimately being similar to the start of and the conclusion of the first battle, although it bore some differences: one difference was in its design, its plasma cannon was apparently externally applied to its head via a device similar to Peace Walker's head, and had a blade at the end of its tail. Another difference was that Raiden fought RAY while in his custom armor, rather than his modified Metal Gear Solid 4 armor as was the case in the final version, and the setting was hinted from graphics to be late morning or early afternoon; the final version indicated it was nearing the evening.