Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20190416183520/@comment-27416494-20190423234844

Nightmare and Kazuya are essentially the central antagonists (at least as of Tekken 7 now that Heihachi's dead) of Namco's two big fighting game franchises, which coincidentally happened to take place in the same universe. Though the role of the main villain has shifted around from one game to another (Kazuya himself was the protagonist of the first Tekken and Siegfried, the man who would become Nightmare's most famous host, shared a similar role in Soul Blade.) the cursed sword Soul Edge and the Mishima family's Devil Gene are ultimately the root causes of nearly everything that's ever gone wrong with both series.

Nightmare and Kazuya themselves are ruthless, destructive, and bloodthirsty individuals whose actions have caused the deaths of countless people across the globe throughout the years. Entire wars have been waged with Soul Edge and the Devil Gene as the catalysts for them, which Nightmare and Kazuya willingly took to the front lines for in their own personal pursuit of battle. When pushed to their limits, the two them also have access to powerful transformations that grant them wings and the ability to shoot out laser beams to decimate their opponents from afar.

However, in one way or another, it can be said that Nightmare and Kazuya were also responsible for the creation of the main protagonists of their franchises and their own arch enemies. After all, Soul Calibur was created from a purified shard of Soul Edge and Jin Kazama was Kazuya's own son who grew to hate him with a passion.