Releases

If you want to look at all of the wiki's images of the game's packaging at once, see Category:Packaging images. If you want to read about the localizations of Oni per se and not the physical form their releases took, see Localizations.

Oni has had some unusual distributions. Click image for details.

This is an attempt to assemble a complete list of Oni's physical releases, a process made difficult by the fact that there were some questionably-official distributions of the game outside of the United States (typically these releases did not translate the game but only some of the packaging, leaving the game itself in English). Also, it's hard to tell which regions received Mac and Windows releases and which only received Windows releases. Thus, this page is a perpetual work in progress.

So far we have 37 releases documented below. We do not attempt to list game bundles which included Oni; these bundles likely did not contain modified versions of Oni but merely whatever version was already distributed in that region. If a distributor is not clearly named on the package, the name of the publisher is used in the Distributor column. Note that a localization (documented at Localizations) is different from a release. A single localization of Oni, e.g. Italian, might have been distributed in several releases.

P.S.: A fun fact about the official localized releases is that the localizers often received more than just the set of files intended for the final game and included everything unknowingly, which is documented HERE.

Official releases

Localization (L10n) legend

Full: The game's dialogue was re-dubbed into the target language and the materials outside the game (packaging, manual) were translated as well.

S&U: The game was not re-dubbed, but the in-game subtitles and game UI text were translated.

B&M: Only the box and manual were translated, and the game data was not altered.

None: This is only true for the original English language version of the game. The U.K. English distribution is also marked as None although the manual was lightly altered.

Packaging terminology legend

Large: Any cardboard box measuring around the same size as Gatefold. These may have a jewel case inside containing the actual game disc.

Gatefold: A cardboard box measuring 7.875" x 9.5" x 1.5" (20 cm x 24.1 cm x 3.8 cm) which has a flap that opens like a book. A jewel case inside contains the game disc. Also comes in a Holographic version with reflective coating.

Compact: A compact nearly-square box (5.5" x 5" x 0.5", 14 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.3 cm) which is also gatefold.

Keep: A keep case is the tall plastic case universally used for PS2 games.

Jewel: This means that the game was sold (to our knowledge) without a box, merely in a standard CD jewel case.

Platform	Language	Region	L10n	Distributor	Packaging	Photos
Windows	English	U.S.	None	Jack of All Games	Gatefold	front, back, inside left, manual
Windows	English	U.S.	None	Jack of All Games	Holographic Gatefold	front (HDR, SDR), back (HDR, SDR), inside left (HDR, SDR), inside right (HDR, SDR), right side, bottom, manual
Macintosh	English	U.S.	None	Jack of All Games	Gatefold	jewel case cover, jewel case insert (inside), jewel case insert (outside), disc, manual
Macintosh	English	U.S.	None	Jack of All Games	Holographic Gatefold	front (HDR, SDR), bottom (HDR, SDR), manual
Macintosh	English	Canada	None	Global Star Software	Compact	front, back, inside left, inside right, disc
Windows	English	Canada	None	Global Star Software	Compact
Macintosh	English	U.K.	None	Feral Interactive	Keep	front, back, disc
Windows	English	U.K.	None	Take-Two Interactive	Keep	front, back, manual
Macintosh	French	France	Full	Feral Interactive	Keep	manual
Macintosh	Italian	Italy	Full	Feral Interactive	Keep
Macintosh	German	Germany	Full	Feral Interactive	Keep	back
Windows	German	Germany	Full	Take-Two Interactive	Jewel	front, back, disc, manual
Macintosh	Spanish	Spain	Full	Feral Interactive	Keep	back, disc
Macintosh	Japanese	Asia	Full	MediaQuest	Large	front, back, manual
Windows	Japanese	Asia	Full	MediaQuest	Large	front, back, disc, manual
Windows	Chinese (Simplified) (S&U), English (game)	China	S&U	Century Thor	Large	front
Windows	Chinese (Simplified) (S&U), English (game)	China	S&U	Century Thor (re-release)	Large	front
Windows	Chinese (Simplified) (S&U), English (game)	China	S&U	Century Thor (collector's edition)	Large	front, all contents
Windows	Chinese (Simplified) (S&U), English (game)	China	S&U	Century Thor (Zhima Kaimen re-release)	Large	front, back, disc
Windows	Chinese (Traditional) (B&M), English, French, German (game)	Taiwan	B&M	King's International Multimedia	Large	front, back, left, bottom, jewel case front, jewel case back, disc
Windows	Chinese (Traditional) (B&M), English, French, German (game)	Taiwan	Full	Infogrames Taiwan	Large	front, back, left, bottom
Windows	English (B&M), English, French, German (game)	Europe	Full	TakeAdvantage	Keep	front, disc, manual
Windows	French (B&M), English, French, German (game)	France	Full	TakeAdvantage	Keep	front, disc
Windows	English, Italian, Spanish	Europe	Full	TakeAdvantage
Windows	English, Italian, Spanish	Scandinavia	Full
Windows	Russian	Russia	Full	Buka Entertainment	Jewel	front, back, disc
Windows	Slovak (B&M), English, French, German (game)	Slovakia	B&M	Kon Tiki Multimedia	Keep	front, back, disc, manual
Windows	Hungarian	Hungary	B&M	EVM	Keep	front
Windows	Portuguese (Brazilian)	Brazil	B&M	GreenLeaf	Large	front, back, jewel case back, disc
PlayStation 2	English	U.S.	None	Take-Two Interactive	Keep	cover, manual
PlayStation 2	English	U.S.	None	Take-Two Interactive	Holographic Keep	cover
PlayStation 2	English	U.K.	None	Take-Two Interactive	Keep	front, back
PlayStation 2	English	Australia	None	Jack of All Games	Keep	front, back
PlayStation 2	French	France	None	Take-Two Interactive	Keep	front, back
PlayStation 2	Italian	Italy	None	Take-Two Interactive	Keep
PlayStation 2	German	Germany	None	Take-Two Interactive	Keep
PlayStation 2	Spanish	Spain	None	Take-Two Interactive	Keep

Illegitimate releases

Looks official, right?

Oni may not be a famous title, but there is always money to be made on bootleg releases, and today these can be offered secondhand for significant amounts of money as if they are historically important collectibles. The asking price for the fake copy on the right: $299.00. This listing for a Chinese-language version of Oni is a physical copy of the game that you can really buy, and it may contain a disc with the data from the legitimate Century Thor release, but the box is entirely fabricated by an unauthorized third party. It seems legitimate, doesn't it? There's no shortage of logos on it, and what looks like some sort of authentication watermark, so it must be legitimate… wait, is that a piece of fan art on the back? One thing is for sure: this box is not a collector's item any more than a copy of the Mona Lisa which someone has run off their inkjet printer.