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An Easter egg is a secret message placed in a game by a developer. Typically Easter eggs speak to the audience directly, make an inside joke, or contain vanity messages such as hidden credits. [[Oni]] contains a few in-jokes and a lot of references to other Bungie games, as is common for Bungie. | An Easter egg is a secret message placed in a game by a developer. Typically Easter eggs speak to the audience directly, make an inside joke, or contain vanity messages such as hidden credits. [[Oni]] contains a few in-jokes and a lot of references to other Bungie games, as is common for Bungie. | ||
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==References== | ==References hidden in Oni== | ||
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===Old Man Murray and fake Sean Connery=== | ===Old Man Murray and fake Sean Connery=== | ||
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See [[Music/Myth]] for details. | See [[Music/Myth]] for details. | ||
==References to Oni in other works== | |||
===Halo=== | ===Halo=== | ||
====ONI==== | ====ONI==== | ||
[[Image:Halo's ONI.png|right]] | [[Image:Halo's ONI.png|right]] | ||
Oni doesn't refer to Halo unless you count the [[Oni matrix]] naming Cortana, but [[wp:Halo (franchise)|Halo]] features an entity called [https://www.halopedia.org/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence ONI]. Pronounced in-game like the word "oni", ONI stands for Office of Naval Intelligence. A military intelligence service by this name [[wp:Office of Naval Intelligence|actually exists]]: it's the United States' oldest continuously operating intelligence service (est. 1882). | |||
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==== | ====The demon==== | ||
After Master Chief's exploits in Halo | 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's hard to believe it's a coincidence. Few people have noticed this possible reference, and Bungie devs do not seem to have discussed it in any interviews. | ||
===Big Strike Bowling=== | |||
Although this is more than an Easter egg, it needs to be mentioned here simply for its unexpectedness – not to mention that it's the only game besides Oni in which Konoko appears. [[Big Strike Bowling]], an obscure game from the end of the PS1's life cycle, contained unlockable characters, and the most expensive of them was Konoko. The only other character from an outside game IP was Max Payne. | |||
===Marathon (2025)=== | ===Marathon (2025)=== | ||
[[Image:Marathon (2025) - ONI.jpg|256px|right]] | [[Image:Marathon (2025) - ONI.jpg|256px|right]] | ||
Bungie still hasn't forgotten about Oni. In Bungie's new Marathon, you control a cybernetic "runner" who can take contracts from various corporations. One of these corporations, CyberAcme (CyAc for short), uses an AI agent called ONI. For players who pick CyAc as their starting corporation, ONI is responsible for overseeing the runner's "reorientation" when their consciousness is installed into a newly manufactured body (this is the basis for the tutorial). Like Halo's "ONI", her name is pronounced as the word "oni", not as separate letters. She is voiced by Donnla Hughes. ONI's appearances so far are: | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbEnWLRo1s Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short]. Here ONI handles the "grounding exercises" for respawned runners – see 2:43, 4:00, 8:03 for ONI's appearances. | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbEnWLRo1s Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short]. Here ONI handles the "grounding exercises" for respawned runners – see 2:43, 4:00, 8:03 for ONI's appearances. | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Jv5H3_yAo Marathon | Alpha Intro Cinematic]. You can hear ONI say her own name at 1:27. | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Jv5H3_yAo Marathon | Alpha Intro Cinematic]. You can hear ONI say her own name at 1:27. | ||
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===Hugh Jass=== | ===Hugh Jass=== | ||
The truck Konoko steals in {{C14}} reads "Hugh Jas Truckin' Lines". One 's' is used here and two in the Credits where "Hugh Jass" is thanked. | The truck Konoko steals in {{C14}} reads "Hugh Jas Truckin' Lines". One 's' is used here, and two in the Credits where "Hugh Jass" is thanked. | ||
==Unused resources and features== | ==Unused resources and features== | ||