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The one game that actually released for PlayStation came out in 2001 and was called | The one game that actually released for PlayStation came out in 2001 and was called ONI Zero ~Resurrection~; thankfully it wasn't for the PS2, which might have been confusing since the romanized "ONI" was used on [[:Image:Mac (JP) box art - front.jpg|Oni's Japanese box]] too. A 1995 arcade fighting game loosely based in the same universe was called Oni: The Ninja Master. Despite the game's subtitle already being in katakana-ized English, it was released in the Western world with the inscrutable name [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/metamoqester/ Metamoqester]. | ||
Also in 1995, the game universe was the basis for an anime OVA called [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5374 | Also in 1995, the game universe was the basis for an anime OVA called [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5374 Touma Kishinden Oni], consisting of 25 10-minute episodes released on five discs. Incredibly obscure and hard to find, the opening can be seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi7ZZYCC4Qg here]. It's about a young warrior who has to come to terms with his inhuman nature and ability to transform into an "oni". | ||
==Halo's ONI== | ==Halo's ONI== | ||
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==Also not Oni== | ==Also not Oni== | ||
===Oxygen Not Included=== | ===Oxygen Not Included=== | ||
A survival game set in a space colony. No connection to the concept of the Japanese oni, but abbreviated to "ONI" often enough that it competes for attention with Oni in search engine results. We even had to | [[Image:Oni confusion.jpg|thumb|256px|right]] | ||
A survival game set in a space colony, released in 2019 by Klei Entertainment. No connection to the concept of the Japanese oni, but abbreviated to "ONI" often enough that it competes for attention with Oni in search engine results. People post on our Oni subreddit asking for help with that game. We even had to expand our Discord server's name to "Oni (Bungie, 2001)" to cut down on confused Oxygen fans joining the server. | |||
[[Category:Real World]] | [[Category:Real World]] | ||