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- Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster contains a reference to one of Frank's early designs from the original beta.
- Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is full of references to the series' roots.
- Frank West covered wars, you know.
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster features an image of Frank West's beta model from 2005, both an homage to the series' roots and potentially an ironic reference from Capcom to some of the talk about Frank's appearance in the remaster.
Dead Rising fans will know that Frank West's grave features have changed over the course of the series, particularly his variable receding hairline. When Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster was first announced, some disgruntled fans compared Frank's redesigned look to his original beta mod, especially in the hair department.
Looking good, Frank
As it turns out, there is an easter egg of Frank's 2005 beta in the Deluxe Remaster. Jessica (Jessie) McCarney, the Homeland Security agent who communicates with Frank via transceiver, is more intimately familiar with West than we might imagine.
As YouTuber and massive Dead Rising fan STiP0 noticed, if you look closely at Jessie's phone during one of the cutscenes, you'll see that her screensaver is none other than Frank West, circa 2005 .Capcom may just be referencing. the beginnings of the series, but it's funny how the new Frank West looks like his beta counterpart.
The Deluxe Remaster is full of neat references to the series and the fandom that grew up around it. Frank West's iconic response “I covered wars, you know” to Jessie's suggestion that he couldn't take care of himself became a meme in the community, so much so that Capcom included a war correspondent outfit for Frank in the remaster .
Dead Rising had such an interesting development cycle, with some of the game's features, locations, and content changing midway through development. This resulted in a lot of reduced content; Capcom has restored some of the content, such as the rocket launcher, but not all of it. Despite the anticipation, the long wait to try the gun continues for Dead Rising fans.
