Toshin comes to the mountains bringing a chilling, swirling wind. Her intuition proves right on a cold, stormy night. She tells Jin to go to his grandfather Heihachi if anything befall her. Accepting her destiny, she tells Jin everything she knows of their haunted past to prepare him for the fateful day she now feels is imminent. She has no understanding of what it is, but senses that she has become a target. Jun Kazama instinctively picks up on the dark power encroaching on her life. Persons of strong soul, masters of martial arts and other derivative fighting disciplines are reported missing. Within weeks, strange disappearances occur throughout the world. To obtain this mysterious power of Toshin, and the world, Heihachi tempts the fates once again. Heihachi is wracked by sorrow, but also realizes that the power of the mysterious life form could be the key to his long dormant dream of world domination. Upon arriving at the dig, Heihachi finds a field of corpses. Heihachi orders the creature's capture, but loses contact with the Tekkenshu after a garbled radio message, ". Under Heihachi's orders, the Tekkenshu are excavating a Central American archeological site when they discover a mysterious life form. Through Heihachi's efforts, the world appears to be regaining peace. He also takes a strong interest in the well being of developing nations by helping them build agricultural systems that will sustain them. Using his immeasurable wealth, he forms the Tekkenshu, a mercenary group employed to quell conflicts efficiently. He embarks on a crusade to win the trust of world leaders by putting wars and conflicts to rest. Having regained control of the Mishima Conglomerate, Heihachi sets about to further increase his powers. But in a desperate struggle for the future of her child, Jun defeats Devil and retires to desolate Yakushima so as to raise Kazuya's son, Jin, alone. Heihachi casts the lifeless Kazuya into a fiery volcano.Īs Kazuya's body burns, the Devil appears before the pregnant Jun Kazama in a bid to enter the soul of the new life beating within her. Eventually, Heihachi emerges, scarred, but victorious, to regain control of the immense Mishima Conglomerate. In a reprise of the first Tekken tournament, the father and son clash in a cursed blood battle. Several days later, the final challenger arrives to face Kazuya, the organizer of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. But she cannot help being drawn to him, propelled by a mystic force beyond her control. Jun Kazama comes to the stunning realization that Kazuya's supernatural strength stems from Devil. The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 3 is set 15 years after the The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. In December 2006, it was ranked #6 on Game Rankings top ten games of all time and on GameSpot's top ten list it was ranked #10. Critics consider Tekken 3 to be one of the greatest video games of all time. The game sold over 6,000,000 copies worldwide, which is double than what Tekken 2 ever sold. Tekken 3 is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the series, as well as the best fighting game for the Playstation. It was developed for Arcades in 1996 and was released on them in March 1997, and for the PlayStation on Ma(Japan), October 1998 (United States), and November 1998 (Europe).Ī port of the arcade version of the game was included in the 2005 release of Tekken 5 on the playstation 2 along with Tekken and Tekken 2 as part of the games "arcade history" mode and to commemorate the games tenth anniversary. Tekken 3 is the third game in the Tekken series.