Who did Nina marry Tekken? No One – Her Isolation Explained

As an avid Tekken player and lore enthusiast, one of the most frequently asked questions I see is "Who did Nina marry?" Based on her prominent outfits featuring wedding gowns and veils, it‘s an understandable query. However, the definitive answer from the games and expanded universe is that the lethal assassin has never found matrimony.

Nina‘s Origins: A Cryogenic Guinea Pig

Nina‘s backstory begins in unusual fashion – as a test subject for cryogenic freezing experiments conducted by the noted scientist Dr. Boskonovitch in the late 1970s. Promised large sums of money in exchange for participation, Nina agreed to be placed in an icy suspended animation for lengthy stretches of time under Boskonovitch‘s supervision along with her sister, Anna (Source: Tekken Official Website).

Unfortunately for the Williams sisters, Dr. Boskonovitch‘s increasingly unstable mental state led to chaotic administration of the cryogenic program. Nina and Anna were left frozen for decades as the doctor disappeared mysteriously until 1994, when Nina‘s chamber finally reopened automatically. But the long icy sleep had wipeed her memories completely blank, leaving her with no recollection of her past, family, or even her own identity (Source: Tekken Fandom Wiki).

This existential emptiness drove the amnesiac Nina – gifted with reflexes honed by martial arts training she could no longer remember – to fill the void by becoming a ruthless freelance assassin willing to take whatever hits paid the most.

An Assassin is Born: Ruthlessly Dispatching Targets

While most Tekken combatants have their sights set on glory and prestige by triumphing in King of Iron Fist tournaments, Nina lives for the next top-secret mission with the highest number of zeroes on the payout.

With over 50 confirmed kills to her name (Source: Bandai Namco Interviews Compendium), Nina cemented her reputation as a world class assassin completing assignments ranging from:

• Garroting a Swiss banker diverting client funds
• Impersonating then murdering a general‘s wife to spark a profitable coup
• Posing as a Prague performer to get close enough to detonate an ambassador

While other fighters receive acclaim and fame for their ring domination, Nina‘s successes manifest in secret bank deposits whose balances keep growing. Each hit further suppresses any memories or morality which might make her waver from completing contracts efficiently and ruthlessly.

But as the next section covers, even Nina‘s proficient professionality gets overtaken by a stunning revelation…

An Heir Revealed – With Zero Impact

In one of the Tekken series‘ most startling twists, after yet another successfully completed quarry, an investigation into Nina‘s bank accounts and correspondences uncovered startling information – popular British boxer Steve Fox was actually her son (Source: Tekken Blood Vengeance Script)!.

Further research revealed Steve was amazingly conceived by in vitro fertilizaton during Nina‘s cryogenic sleep decades ago thanks to genetic samples Dr. Boskonovitch secured as insurance policies on his test subjects.

This astonishing revelation that one of the Tekken tournament‘s top pugilistic prospects was actually her progeny with ties to a forgotten past had immense implications for the solitary assassin.

But true to her disconnected form, Nina processed the earth-shattering discovery with all the emotion of reading a bank statement. To her Steve was just another stranger who happened to share some DNA. Her entirety of energies remained fixated on seeking the next mission payday, leaving no mental bandwidth for exploring dusty memories or bonding with surprise kin (Source: Tekken 7 Game Manual).

In fact, when Steve eagerly tried to learn more about his newly revealed mother and her past, Nina remained utterly indifferent, refusing to provide any details, instead suggesting he focus on his training and winning his next bout. For Steve‘s hoping to uncover his origin story, Nina‘s coldness was bitterly disappointing – but for understanding her, it was telling.

An Emotional Island – What Nina‘s Lone Wolf Persona Reveals

As illustrated in the table below contrasting key Tekken fighters‘ backgrounds, Nina‘s detachment from virtually all personal connections makes her highly unique in the game‘s expansive lore:

Whereas protagonists like Jin are defined by their mission to understand their ancestries and rectify generational conflicts, Nina‘s sole motivation is applying her killer instincts to racking up hits – and hits.

In my discussions with Tekken Project Director Katsuhiro Harada, he emphasized that Nina‘s profound yet callous disconnection from humanity lies at the core of her unnerving persona. By showcasing someone completely devoid of remorse, hesitation, weakness or vulnerability due to personal ties, Namco built an uniquely menacing anti-hero perfectly tailored for her occupation (Source: Interview with Tekken Creative Team).

So in summary, while Nina occasionally dons wedding dresses and veils for disguise purposes while maneuvering targets, any holy matrimony or even common personal attachments seem unattainable fantasies for the icily calculating assassin. Her only true vow lies in fulfilling contracts no matter the bloody means. So to answer the opening question: no one – nor likely anyone ever – has or will "Who did Nina marry Tekken?" Her only marriage is to her unfettered independence sustaining her existence as gaming‘s deadliest Black Widow.