Nina Williams

Nina Williams is a character from Namco's Tekken game series. She is known to be a cold-blooded assassin who had made her very first appearance in the original Tekken game and since has appeared in every Tekken game released. She is one of only four Tekken characters to appear in each game along with Yoshimitsu, Paul Phoenix and Heihachi Mishima and the only female character to have appeared in every installment. She is known to have an unstable relationship with her younger sister, Anna Williams.
Nina Williams is known for her lethal fighting styles, consisting of many martial arts and fighting skills. Due to the success of the character, Nina Williams starred in her own spin-off game, Death by Degrees.


Plot

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Nina Williams was born and raised in Ireland, as was her sister, Anna Williams.[1] From a young age, both were taught various forms of martial arts and other forms of fighting,[1] and a sibling rivalry broiled between the two. Both sisters admired their father Richard Williams, and they often craved for his attention. Nina was trained in assassination martial arts and borrows concepts from Aikido and bone martial arts,[1] making it ideal for her future job as an assassin. As she quickly became an assassin, the 20-year-old Nina had later been hired during the King of Iron Fist Tournament to assassinate Heihachi Mishima.


Further information: Tekken 2

Their strong rivalry was the part of force that drove them to fight each other later at the time. The other, in Tekken 2, Nina (now 22) was contracted to kill Kazuya Mishima, but Anna intervened and a conflict prevented her from fulfilling the assignment. She was captured by Mishima after failing to assassinate him and was used as a test subject in the "cold sleep" project by Dr. Boskonovich[1] - a cryogenic experiment.[4] Anna Williams volunteered to be put in cryogenic sleep, but demanded to be awoken at the same time as Nina. Fans speculate about the reason for this. Some believe that Anna couldn't bear life without Nina's presence, some suggest she was envious that Nina would remain youthful and stay 22-years-old in the cryosleep and some think she did it so that she could stay unharmed and ready to fight Nina once she was awakened. The experiments went on for 19 years.[1]

Further information: Tekken 3

Nina had suffered amnesia induced by her years in cryogenic sleep,[4] a fate from which her sister Anna was spared. During Tekken 3, she was controlled by the God of Fighting's spell and while possessed concentrated on killing Jin Kazama - Heihachi Mishima's grandson.[1] Anna worked intensively with Boskonovich to bring her sister's memories back, however, the project was unsuccessful and after a receiving a memory from Tekken 2, Nina realized that she and her sister did not get along. After this, Nina left and does not contact Anna again for some time.


Further information: Tekken 4

In Tekken 4, Nina's experiments had been finished for 2 years and (now 24) she soon revived her role as an assassin, as it was the only thing that she recalled from her previous life. Her next contract was from the Mafia Syndicate demanding her to kill a British boxer, Steve Fox. As the tournament progressed, she had gained knowledge that she was in fact Steve's mother, who was born through In vitro fertilisation during her years in cryosleep. At the last moment, she abandoned her assassination attempt after detective Lei Wulong brought down the syndicate. After the collapse of her employers, Nina no longer required a viable reason to pursue her target. It was also revealed that she remained emotionally impassive about the discovery of her biological son, but the fact that she did not kill him when the chance presented itself shows otherwise for some.


Further information: Tekken 5

Nina decided that it was time she re-discovered her lost memories and came to the conclusion that the only person who could help her was her sister, Anna Williams.[5] Anna meets with Nina soon after. However, Nina's memories and hatred instinctively returned, and they rapidly engaged in a gun battle.[6] The duel lasted for days and the two later agreed to meet at the next tournament and finish their battle.[5] The two promised that only one would walk away from the coming battle, however, Nina refused to take Anna's life as their fight wasn't satisfactory.



Further information: Tekken 6

In Tekken 6, Nina was approached by Jin Kazama to be his personal bodyguard and enters the tournament to intercept any possible threat to him. Anna, during the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, vows to take revenge and becomes Kazuya Mishima's personal bodyguard, knowing she is bound to come face to face with Nina along the way.

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Appearance



Nina Williams is most notable for her blonde ponytail and blue eyes, and her voluptuous yet powerful build. Her look contrasts that of her sister, Anna, who is a brunette. Nina dresses primarily in purple fitted costumes and is commonly seen wearing a military style outfit (to suit her occupation),[1] differing in designs throughout such games as Tekken and Death by Degrees, in which her costume is made of materials resembling spandex, PVC and leather. Most of her shoes also consist of heels. In the original Tekken, her age was initially stated as 20 years old, in Tekken 2 she was 22 and in Tekken 6, her age would chronologically be 44. However, in the 19 year gap that takes place between Tekken 2 and 3 both Nina and her sister Anna were cryogenically frozen slowing down the effects of aging. Thus, according to the storyline of the games, Nina remains in her early-mid 20s. In Tekken 6, one of Nina's extra outfits is her Death by Degrees costume.

Promotion and reception


Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2008 announced Nina Williams was voted "Hottest" Female Fighting Character and was also admired for her fashion sense by fans on an internet poll. In their September 2004 issue, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine cited Nina as an "overrated" spin-off character, in comparison to Whiplash protagonist Spanx. UGO.com ranked her number seventeen in their "Top 50 Videogame Hotties" article, stating "Why is it that we're continually attracted to women that can snap our spine in three places before we hit the ground?" She was listed on GameDaily's top list of hottest blondes in video games, who state that she has both a killer body and a killer instinct. She was included in another GameDaily list covering the top 50 hottest video game women. They listed her appearance in Death by Degrees as one of her worst moments, citing its unlikable gameplay and below-average graphics Gaming Target listed Nina as the fifth best Tekken character on their list of the "Top 11 Tekken Fighters", noting that she's the "world's sexiest assassin" and the "Anna Konakova of Tekken".