Nick Ramos

"I'm getting the hell out of this city, I'm taking my friends with me."

- Nick Ramos Nick Ramos is the main protagonist of Dead Rising 3.

Nick is a mechanic who works for Wrench O' Rama in the city of Los Perdidos. He is an orphan, and many details of his life remain a mystery. He has a tattoo of the number 12 on his neck.

He plans to use his mechanical skills to fix an airplane and escape the city during the time of the outbreak in Los Perdidos. He travels with Rhonda and Dick throughout the city.

Unlike previous protagonists, Nick has the ability to make combo weapons on the spot without use of a workbench.

Dead Rising 3
During the beginning chapters of the game, Nick is seen as a scared and naive young man. He has excellent mechanical skills, but has difficulties formulating plans and acting under pressure.

He gets bitten during the beginning cut scenes of Chapter 2.

He is known as "patient zero", the only orphan that Carlito infected who is in fact immune to the virus. His blood contains the cure for zombification.

He has a romantic interest in Annie, and at the ending of the game, the two begin a relationship.

Trivia

 * He is the first Hispanic protagonist in the Dead Rising series.
 * Nick's name was predicted to be Rick before his name was officially released.
 * Nick's tattoo suggests that he is the twelfth of Carlito's Orphans, yet the twelfth orphan on the list found in Dead Rising is female, andit is said that he is orphan zero.
 * Nick's first name ends with a "K" like the other main protagonists from Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2.
 * Nick appears to be very reluctant about killing Hunter and his gang, and even has an emotional breakdown after Hunter is killed. This proves that Nick, unlike the previous protagonists, will develop a lot throughout the game.
 * Nick can regenerate flesh bitten or torn off by zombies extremely quickly, recovering from half of the flesh on his hand getting bitten off in less than half a day.
 * Nick has a spade shaped patch on his coveralls sleeve which reads "Terror Is Reality". A reference to the game show from Dead Rising 2.
 * The same patch also says "Ijiek Racing", much like Chuck Greene's jacket. This is a reference to the series creator, Keiji Inafune.