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===Marathon (2026)===
===Marathon (2026)===
[[Image:Marathon (2025) - ONI.jpg|256px|right]]
[[Image:Marathon (2026) - 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:
Bungie still hasn't forgotten about Oni. In Bungie's new Marathon, you control a cybernetic "runner" who can take contracts from various factions. One of these factions, a corporation named CyberAcme, uses an AI agent called ONI to interact with runners. When a player starts the game, ONI is responsible for overseeing the player's onboarding and introduction to other factions; in-world, this is referred to as a "reorientation" where the digitized consciousness of a runner is installed into a newly manufactured body. Like Halo's ONI, this AI's 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.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw_PdO-W9bY Bungie’s Marathon – ONI Intro & CyberAcme AI Intro]. ONI introduces herself here and guides the player's "reorientation".
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw_PdO-W9bY Bungie’s Marathon – ONI Intro & CyberAcme AI Intro]. ONI introduces herself here and guides the player's reorientation.


==Developer cameos==
==Developer cameos==