Steve Fox (Tekken)

For other uses of "Steve Fox", see Steve Fox (disambiguation).

Steve Fox is a fictional young British boxer in the fighting game series Tekken. He made his first appearance in Tekken 4 and has no memory of his past. Steve also bears a scar on his arm.

History

Tekken 4

Steve was conceived in a lab; his mother is Nina Williams, making Anna Williams his next immediate blood relative. After Nina fails to assassinate Kazuya Mishima, Heihachi Mishima capturs her and uses her as a test subject for cryogenic sleep. She gave birth to Steve during this time through in-vitro fertilization. Both have no memories of their past. Nina also remains young during the cryogenic sleep, so she is only two years older than Steve.

He attended Oxford University, where he studied biology, before becoming a professional boxer. However, he later must flee to America, avoiding the mafia after having won a fight that he was supposed to lose. He entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 in an attempt to defeat the crime syndicate once and for all. Despite failing to win the tournament, he learns that Nina Williams is his mother and that she is just two years older than him because she was under cryogenic sleep. He also becomes friends with Lei Wulong, who was also trying to break the crime sydicate in Tekken 4.

Tekken 5

Two months after the conclusion of the fourth tournament, a fifth tournament was announced. Steve entered, this time focusing on the destruction of the Mishima Zaibatsu for "creating a monster." In his ending, he gains control of the Zaibatsu and heads to the location where he was conceived. He destroys the research data. Notcing that another creation is in the process, he too destroys that before setting the building on fire and walking away.

Voices

In Tekken 5, Namco broke the Japanese-English barrier built into Tekken 4, allowing the characters to speak in their native languages instead of either English or Japanese. As a result, Steve was given a British accent, which contradicts the American accent he had in Tekken 4.

Trivia

• Steve's character was originally given the name Dean Earwicker; this was changed after a substantial amount of negative feedback. The name was then given to members of the Tekken Force in Tekken 4.
• Many consider that the character design for Shen Woo (from King of Fighters 2003) was taken from him, as their looks are very similar.
• Steve Fox is primarily based on Brad Pitt's role in the movie Snatch

See also

• Nina Williams
• Anna Williams
• List of Tekken characters