History Trivia / DeadRising

* FanNickname: Players tend to call psychopaths by epithets rather than their names. We've got the clown, the gunshop owner, the fat cop, the pyro, the shopkeeper/'''[[MemeticMutation stooooore]]''' guy, the butcher, and the ShellShockedVeteran, and the Halls particularly are much more commonly called the sniper family than the Hall family.

* CastTheRunnerUp: Martin Belafsky was originally slated to play Frank West and recorded some of the lines, but he was eventually moved over to Kent Swanson instead after TJ Rotolo signed on. Belafsky's recording of Frank's iconic "Fan-TAS-Tic" ended up staying in the game.

** Microsoft wanted an exclusive to compete with Sony's hit zombie title, ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. They approached Capcom Vancouver, of which they had a deal where they would be the first publisher Vancouver would reach out to concerning any new major ''Dead Rising'' projects. Vancouver pitched a project by the codename "''Climber''"[[note]]A reference to ''Dead Rising 3'''s codename, "Walker"[[/note]], which was a DarkerAndEdgier complete ContinuityReboot of the series, taking heavy inspiration from the game it's trying to compete with, as well as other zombie media such as ''Franchise/TheWalkingDead''. It aimed to be much more grounded in reality with almost no comedic undertones from the previous games, more plausible, realistic Combo Weapons, and a bigger emphasis on stealth, also borrowed from guess who. Microsoft was delighted with the idea and Capcom Vancouver was so passionate with the project that it spent about six months on it, but when it was pitched to Capcom Japan, they absolutely hated it and forced them to start from scratch to be more in-line with the original series. Now having very little time to create a completely new game and having suffered major lay-offs as a sort of "punishment" for the ''Climber'' pitch, it lead to what we know nowadays as ''VideoGame/DeadRising4''.
** A ''Dead Rising 5'' was in development and focused back on Chuck Greene, being an interquel between ''2'' and ''3'' and followed him and a now teenaged Katey in another adventure in Mexico explaining how they ended up in Los Perdidos. However, thanks to the lackluster response to ''Dead Rising 4'', switch to Unreal Engine, creative differences and ultimately the dissolution of Capcom Vancouver, the project ended up being scrapped.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early alpha and beta copies of ''Dead Rising'' arranged their events differently: survivors were found in different places, a couple have different names, and the mall was slightly different. Most notably, Isabella had a sequence where she held off zombies with Carlito's rifle, which is why some promotional shots of her character render show her holding it.

* KillerApp: The series has always prioritized Xbox consoles over others, and as such, they've become associated with the brand.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Dead Rising 5'' was in development and focused back on Chuck Greene, being an interquel between 2 and 3 and followed him and an now teenage Katy in another adventure in Mexico leading to where they ended up in part three. However the lackluster response to ''[=DR4=]'', switch to Unreal Engine, creative differences and ultimately the dissolution of Capcom Vancouver ended up scrapping it.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Dead Rising 5'' was in development and focused back on Chuck Greene, being an interquel between 2 and 3 and followed him and an now teenage Katy in another adventure in Mexico leading to where they ended up in part three. However the switch to Unreal Engine, creative differences and ultimately the dissolution of Capcom Vancouver ended up scrapping it.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Dead Rising 5'' was in development and focused back on Chuck Greene, being an interquel between 2 and 3 and followed him and an now teenage Katy in another adventure in Mexico leading to where they ended up in part three. However the switch to Unreal Engine, creative difference and ultimately the dissolution of Capcom Vancouver ended up scrapping it.

** Keiji Inafune wanted this game to feature CoOpMultiplayer, but the lack of time and resources surrounding the game’s release left it to be SavedForTheSequel.

* TakeThatTitForTat: The "Zombie Genocider" achievement in ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' requires the player to kill 53,594 zombies, or the equivalent of the entire population of Willamette. ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' includes an achievement called "Zombie Genocidest", which requires you to kill 53,595 Infected. In response, ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' added the "Z-Genocider 2: Genocide Harder" achievement for 53,596 zombie kills. Some other games have also referenced this, like "Trail of Corpses" in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' [[note]]"Kill 53,596 infected"[[/note]], a note in the credits for ''VideoGame/Bioshock2'' that claims "53,596 zombies were killed during the making of this game", and the "HOPO-cidal Maniac" achievement in ''[[VideoGames/RockBand Rock Band 3]]'' for "killing" 53,596 hammer-ons and pull-offs.

** Keiji Iafune wanted this game to feature CoOpMultiplayer, but the lack of time and resources surrounding the game’s release left it to be SavedForTheSequel.

* TakeThatTitForTat: The "Zombie Genocider" achievement in ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' requires the player to kill 53,594 zombies, or the equivalent of the entire population of Willamette. ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' includes an achievement called "Zombie Genocidest", which requires you to kill 53,595 Infected. In response, ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' added the "Z-Genocider 2: Genocide Harder" achievement for 53,596 zombie kills. Some other games have also referenced this, like "Trail of Corpses" in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' [[note]]"Kill 53,596 infected"[[/note]], a note in the credits for ''VideoGame/Bioshock2'' that claims "53,596 zombies were killed during the making of this game", and the "HOPO-cidal Maniac" achievement in ''[[VideoGames/RockBand Rock Band 3]]'' for "killing" 53,596 hammer-ons and pull-offs.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early alpha and beta copies of ''Dead Rising'' arranged their events differently: survivors were found in different places, a couple have different names, and the mall was slightly different. Most notably, Isabella had a sequence where she held off zombies with Carlito's rifle, which is why some promotional shots of her character render show her holding it.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/ShadowOfRome'', or at least Agrippa's action parts. ''Dead Rising'' initially started off as a sequel before the first game was even released, but poor sales figures resulted in a complete shift. From the core combat gameplay to the excess Gorn, to even the durability setup and encouragement to use a variety of different items (albeit for different reasons), the influences that carried over are easy to spot.

* [[BannedInChina Banned in Germany]]

* PermanentPlaceholder: ''Dead Rising'' was the working title of the game, but was liked so much by the dev team it became the final title.

* [[BannedInChina Banned in Germany]]

* [[BannedInChina Banned in Germany]]
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Frank West is voiced by T. J. Rotolo, who you may recognize as the voice of Dark Specter from ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.
** Brad is voiced by T. J. Storm, who you may know as [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Agnus]]
** Cliff, the [[ShellShockedVeteran insane Vietnam veteran,]] is voiced by Creator/SteveBlum. Blum also voices the ColdSniper Roger Hall.
** Adam the Clown is voiced by John Kassir, otherwise known for [[TalesFromTheCrypt the Crypt Keeper]] and ''VideoGame/XMenLegends / VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' {{Deadpool}}.
** Isabela is voiced by Kim Mai Guest, who did [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Mei Ling]] and [[VideoGame/SyphonFilter Ling Xian]].
** Carlito is voiced by Alex Fernandez, who voiced [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Seymour]] and [[VideoGame/BrutalLegend Mangus]].
** Brock is voiced by Gregg Berger, who voiced [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]], [[MarvelUltimateAlliance Galactus]], ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends Odie]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Grimlock???]]''
** Jeff (the very first survivor you run into) and Cletus are both voiced by Bill Farmer, whom you might remember hearing as WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} and [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad Sam]].

** Isabela is voiced by Kim Mai Guest, who did [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Mei Ling]] and [[SyphonFilter Ling Xian]].

** Brock is voiced by Gregg Berger, who voiced [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]], [[MarvelUltimateAlliance Galactus]], ''[[GarfieldAndFriends Odie]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Grimlock???]]''

** Cliff, the [[ShellShockedSenior insane Vietnam veteran,]] is voiced by Creator/SteveBlum. Blum also voices the ColdSniper Roger Hall.

** Brad is voiced by T. J. Storm, who you may know as [[DevilMayCry Agnus]]

** Adam the Clown is voiced by John Kassir, otherwise known for [[TalesFromTheCrypt the Crypt Keeper]] and ''{{X-Men Legends}} / MarvelUltimateAlliance'' {{Deadpool}}.

** Brock is voiced by Gregg Berger, who voiced [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]], [[MarvelUltimateAlliance Galactus]], ''[[GarfieldAndFriends Odie]]'' and ''[[TransformersGeneration1 Grimlock???]]''