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===Halo=== | ===Halo=== | ||
====ONI==== | |||
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This one is actually a back-reference to Oni from a later game. Oni doesn't refer to Halo (unless you count the [[Oni matrix]] | This one is actually a back-reference to Oni from a later game. Oni doesn't refer to Halo (unless you count the [[Oni matrix]] naming Cortana), but [[wp:Halo (franchise)|Halo]] features an entity called ONI. It stands for [https://www.halopedia.org/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence Office of Naval Intelligence]. A military intelligence service called the Office of Naval Intelligence [[wp:Office of Naval Intelligence|actually exists]]: it's the United States' oldest continuously operating intelligence service (est. 1882). It seems likely that Halo develops on that longevity and tries to imagine what influence today's ONI would have in the 2550s. | ||
There has been a lot of speculation around Halo's ONI, most of which you can see on the [http://halostory.bungie.org/oni.html Halo Story Page]. A specific entry which draws the parallel between Halo's ONI, the [[Oni (myth)|Japanese myth of the oni]], and Bungie's "Oni" is [http://halostory.bungie.org/newssearch.html?newsitem=695 HERE]. | There has been a lot of speculation around Halo's ONI, most of which you can see on the [http://halostory.bungie.org/oni.html Halo Story Page]. A specific entry which draws the parallel between Halo's ONI, the [[Oni (myth)|Japanese myth of the oni]], and Bungie's "Oni" is [http://halostory.bungie.org/newssearch.html?newsitem=695 HERE]. | ||
====The demon==== | |||
After Master Chief's exploits in Halo:CE where he singlehandedly turns the tide of battle and destroys an entire Halo installation, he becomes known to the Covenant as "the demon". It's difficult to find any discussion of whether this was a deliberate reference to the word "oni" but it seems like a very unlikely coincidence. Few people have noticed this possible reference, and Bungie devs do not seem to have discussed it in any interviews. | |||
==Developer names== | ==Developer names== | ||