Frank West

"I've covered wars y'know."

- Frank West

Frank West is the protagonist of the 2006 video game Dead Rising by Capcom, and a main influence throughout the Dead Rising series. Frank also appears in the Dead Rising 2 DLC campaign Case: West, and the non-canon game Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.

Frank is a free-lance photojournalist who takes his job very seriously. He gets a tip of something big about to happen in the remote town of Willamette, Colorado. But what he expects to be the "scoop of a lifetime" turns out to be a full blown zombie apocalypse, which he must survive with only his wit, speed, and camera.

Dead Rising
Frank is the main protagonist of Dead Rising he is a photojournalist. He is First seen in a helicopter taking pictures at Willamete Frank tells the chopper driver Ed Deluca to drop him off at the mall and pick him up in 3 days. He's first on the rooftop and heads down to the mall. He finds out there barricading the mall cause of zombies. An old lady asks him if he's seen her dog. She then sees her zombified dog at the entrance and takes down all the barriers and lets the zombies then she is killed by the zombies. He escapes and heads to a safe place into the mall. He meets with Jessie, Brad, and Otis. He goes tries to find out what is happening.

He meets with a woman named Isabela Keyes who is the sister of the man who brought the zombies to Willamete to get revenge on a goverment exeperiment. After the three days he goes to the roof top where he started and see's ed deluca in a helicopter but the chopper crashes as he is killed by a zombie. Frank then goes on his knees and stays there. Unti Isabela kills the zombies trying to get him and Frank then relizes he has became infected and the make a prototype of zombrex (A drug thats stops zombifaction). After that frank fights off a man named Brock Mason and Him and Isabela escape Willamete.

Dead Rising 2: Case West
Frank West returns in Dead Rising 2: Case West as a main and supporting character. He serves as Chuck Greene's partner and player 2's character in Co-op. Frank is first seen in the beginning of the were he hits the zombified TK with a baseball bat before he could kill Chuck. Frank helps him up then drops him saying that he's the one who started the outbreak in Fortune City. Chuck tells him that he didn't do it and was framed for it. They head back to the roof of the Yucatan casino. Only to see that helicopter has already left.

Frank and Chuck then go to the Phenotrans facility to clear Chuck's name and get Frank the big story. They go through diffrent places a fight zombies in the facility while trying to get their objectives done with. They head to a chamber and meet with Isabela Keyes. Marion Mallon then arrives over an microphone. Guards are sent in and capture Isabela. Chuck and Frank fight off the rest of the guards and kill the guard's commander. The bulding goes to self destruct mode and the two escape before it explodes. They look at the destroyed facility and then leave.

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Frank West returns as the main and playable protagonist in this the what if story of Dead Rising 2. He replaces Chuck Greene. Though Chuck still appears as a psychopath replacing Leon Bell in the game. In the story of the game Frank became popular and famous after he exposed of what had happened in Willamete but later on he was convicted of a scandal. He got bankrupt and became a fallen hero. He later on became a contestant of the Game show Terror is Reality.

During that night Fortune City is under a zombie outbreak Frank goes to the safe house meets with Raymond Sullivan and Stacey Forsythe. He goes to the Fortune City hotel and meets with Rebecca Chang. He soon discovers TK was involved in the outbreak and then finds out Stacey was too. He defeats both of them then him and Rebecca leave and just like the of the original Dead Rising 2 a zombie's face pops too scare the player. (Note: Rebecca dose not die in Off the Record.)

Project X Zone
Ichiro makes an appearance in Project X Zone. He is a playable character with his partner Hsien-Ko.

Crosspedia Entry
A world-renowned freelance journalist. Always on the trail of a scoop, his sense of curiosity and adventure has often propelled him into dangerous situations. One day, seeking the scoop of a lifetime, he arrived in the small suburban town of Willamette, Colorado, to be faced by a horde of zombies. With the physical strength developed from his time covering wars and a variety of weapons scrounged up on-site, he defeated the zombies and led survivors to safety, while at the same time exposing the truth behind the outbreak. Having come back alive from hell itself, he published his articles for all the world to see, making a name as a unique and brave hero.

Personality
Frank has have feelings for others but mostly cares about getting the big story.

Trivia

 * Though he doesn't appear in the actual game, Frank is mentioned extensively throughout Dead Rising 2.
 * In Saints Row: The Third there's a "Whored Mode" mini game called Hank East and the tag line is "He's covered wars ya know.
 * The notebook pictures of Frank in Case West, and Off the Record are the same.