Higsby's personality is defined by his love of Battle Chips, and he travels across the world looking for them. He is even willing to work for the WWW in order to get them. However, he soon learns the error of his ways and decides to sell chips for a living. Higsby also has a crush on the school teacher Ms. Mari in both the games and anime. In the anime, he is known to be excitable and freaks out often, but becomes a father figure to Shuko Kido.