For the namesake character, see Higsby. |
Higsby's, simply known as Chip Shop in the English anime dub and as HiguReya[1][2] (日暮屋 Higure-ya) in Japan, is Higsby's Battle Chip shop in the Mega Man Battle Network series.
Game history[]
Mega Man Battle Network[]
After Higsby and NumberMan are defeated by Lan Hikari and MegaMan, Higsby left the World Three and opened a Battle Chip shop in ACDC Town.
Mega Man Battle Network 2[]
As Higsby goes on a trip to Netopia collecting rare chips and installing Chip Traders in other countries; his shop is closed during early events. During the latter half of the game he returns to ACDC Town and reopens his shop.
Mega Man Battle Network 3[]
Higsby goes on vacation to YumLand and his shop is closed again, but he returns later and helps Lan during their chase for BubbleMan. The shop has a Chip Trader and a Number Trader. There is a large poster of Zero (White version) or SharkMan (Blue version) near Higsby.
Sign Comp[]
The Sign Comp is an anti-theft device that sets off a very noisy alarm if someone tries to steal a chip. It has the shape of a NumberMan display.
Viruses:
Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge[]
Higsby's shop is the first available Chip Shop. Players have the option to buy a single Battle Chip, 10 Battle Chips or Get info on gameplay. It's the only one available Chip Shop in the WonderSwan Color version.
Mega Man Battle Network 4[]
In the events that follow if Lan faces Higsby in the Den City Tournament, a guy is planning to close down his shop and replace it with a shop that sells brushes, though Lan manages to help out by gathering posters for his assistant.
The shop has a Chip Trader, a Number Trader for lotto numbers, and a Free Tournament BBS. It is shown the shop also sells chip info magazines and PET covers.
Mega Man Battle Network 5[]
The back of the shop is used as a base by ProtoMan's/Colonel's Anti-Nebula Corps.
Mega Man Star Force 2[]
In Lan's diary entry from July, it is said that some years after Mega Man Battle Network 6 Higsby's moved to a new location that will be 10 stories tall and would be called "Higsby's Chip Emporium".
Anime history[]
MegaMan NT Warrior[]
In the episode "Count to Three!", Higsby opened a Chip Shop after MegaMan defeated NumberMan.
In the episode "NetCity!", it's shown Higsby opened a virtual Chip Shop in NetCity, with NumberMan taking care of it.
MegaMan NT Warrior Axess[]
In the episode "It's All How You Look at It!", Shuko Kido starts working in Higsby's shop.
In the episode "Top and Grandchild", Netto and Meiru took Tensuke Takumi to HIgureYa in an attempt to lecture him about the use of elemental battle chips against element-based viruses with Higure's help.
Rockman EXE Stream[]
In "Earth Erasure", a giant Magma Dragon virus stopped at HigureYa to look inside with Higure panicking about his battle chips seeming falling from the shelves.
In "Revival! Neo WWW", Netto, Meiru, Toru, Shuko, Chisao, Rush and Higure were all watching the news on a giant screen before it was interrupted by Telsa Magnets with her announcement.
In "Shuddering Birthday Present", Higure is putting away his Chip Shop sign in front of his shop until BeastMan showed up in front of him, much to his shock, suddenly Netto showed up and cross fused into C.F. Rockman to unsuccessfully stop BeastMan before he disappeared.
Rockman EXE Beast[]
In the episode "Green-Eyed Transfer Student", Shuko is seen temporarily running the store while Higure went to a trip. The store makes another brief appearance in the episode "Icy Heart" wherein AquaMan is talking to IceMan on Shuko's PET.
Rockman EXE Beast+[]
In the episode "The Name is Zero", a Battle Station machine was installed in front of the store, Toru tries the machine before it abruptly turned off. The location has a major appearance in the episode "Iceman the Strongest". The store makes its final appearance in the series finale of the Rockman EXE series, where Higure and Shuko are working there before the duo were turned into cache data.
Manga history[]
Battle Story Rockman.EXE (Shōgaku Ichi-Nensei)[]
Higure's Chip Shop had a brief appearance in the Shōgaku Ichi-Nensei version of Battle Story Rockman.EXE. Higure used a screen in his shop to contact Dr. Wily, informing him about a blue NetNavi that got on his way.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Romanization inside the Chip Shop in Battle Network Rockman.EXE and 3
- ↑ Rockman.EXE Stream episode Threat of the Asteroid