- "About the only thing to do in this town is kill time at the shopping mall. "
- —Ed, during the helicopter ride
The Willamette Parkview Mall is the main setting of Dead Rising.
The mall is located in the center of Willamette, Colorado as the center of entertainment. The mall was undergoing several renovation projects at the time, specifically in the North Plaza, as the mall prepared to celebrate its third anniversary.
The mall features six areas and seventy-nine shops, as well as a movie theater, a supermarket, a gym, two hardware stores, and a gun shop. There is a sewage tunnel underneath the clock tower in Leisure Park which is uncovered by a helicopter crash and is used by Frank and Isabela to escape the mall when the Special Forces invade. Any location outside of the mall is inaccessible to Frank.
Willamette Incident
On September 19th, 2006 some survivors of the zombie outbreak took shelter in the mall and began to barricade the doors of the Entrance Plaza. Lindsay Harris saw her dog Madonna outside and opened the doors, which allowed the zombies to enter the mall.
The zombies quickly invaded and killed all but a few of the survivors in the Entrance Plaza: Frank West, Dr. Russell Barnaby, Brad, Carlito, the mysterious Isabela and Cheryl Jones.
With an entrance into the mall, zombies quickly spread to the other areas of the mall, feasting on those who didn't flee in time. Otis Washington welded the Security Room door shut, preventing zombies from invading and creating a safe zone for survivors.
With Frank West finding himself trapped in a zombie infested mall, he goes out to get his big scoop to find out the truth behind the zombie outbreak.
After gathering information through cases and scoops throughout the mall, he finds out the deranged psychopath who started the nightmare and why, and stops his final plan...or so he thought.
Stores
- Main article: Dead Rising Stores
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Other Locations
Announcements
Several automated announcements can be heard on the first and second days are played over the public address system:
- "Good morning sunny shoppers, we're please to announce that the Willamette Parkview Mall is now open for business. We hope you enjoy your time here with us today and sample out many fine goods and services. Willamette Parkview Mall, where the fun never stops and the deals just keep coming."
- —PA announcement, Sept 20 (10am)
- "Shoppers, we have good news for you. We're only weeks away from our long awaited third anniversary extravaganza. That's right, starting next month on the 10th, we will be celebrating three glorious years of serving you and the greater Willamette community. Bring the whole family for a variety of fun and games for children of all ages. The Willamette Parkview Mall, where dreams come true and... are admitted free of charge"
- —PA announcement, Sept 19 (2pm) & Sept 20 (6pm)
Trivia
- This mall appears in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, staged after the Entrance Plaza.
- October 10, 2006 marks the 3rd year anniversary of the opening of the Willamette Parkview Mall, as indicated in an announcement, making October 10, 2003 the opening day.
- Dave Wittenberg voices some of the announcements that are played in the mall.
- The mall appears in the 3DS game Project X Zone as one of the available backgrounds.
- The Willamette Parkview Mall is very likely based on the two-story Clackamas Town Center, located in Clackamas, OR, in the Willamette Valley region of Oregon.
- Local folklore states that the word "Willamette" comes from the Clackamas Indians (a sub-set of the lower Columbia Chinook Indians), meaning "Valley of Sickness & Death"...although the accuracy of the legend is highly disputed.
- At 10:00 PM the lights go out and the PA system turns off.
- The mall's business hours are 10AM until 9PM.
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