She later became Ride-Player Nico during the Kamen Rider Chronicle crisis. Nico was already a skilled gamer by the age of 12, going by the alias of "N". During a gaming tournament in 2010, Nico was observing Genius Gamer M winning against another gamer. She later made it to the final round playing against M but lost, attaining second place in the tournament. Though M was impressed by her gaming skill and hoped to play against her again sometime in the future, Nico was dissatisfied and developed a grudge against M.
Publication Information
- Ex-Aid : Nico Saiba
- Japanese : 西馬 ニコ
- Version : Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Series
- Type : Professional Gamers
- Known As : Taiga's Assistant
- Related : Ride-Players
- Affiliation : Taiga Hanaya
- Gender : Female
- HomeWorld : Earth (Ex-Aid GameWorld TimeLine)
- Season : Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
- First Appeareance : Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Episode 12 : Christmas Special: Targeting the Silver X mas!
- Last Appeareance : Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Episode 37 : Resolution of The White Knight!
- Number of Appeareance : 26 (Ex-Aid)
- Potrayer :
- Reina Kurosaki
- Noa Miyano : Child
- Main View : Full Episod
Nico would later go on to win numerous game tournaments as "N", earning a huge amount of income. As her only loss in gaming was her loss to M, she vowed to avenge this, waiting for a chance where she could defeat M once and for all. Tantalized by the prospect of becoming a hero gamer, Nico found a copy of Kamen Rider Chronicle and became a Ride Player. Christening herself as "Ride-Player Nico", Nico's skills as a gamer allowed her to beat the Revol Bugster, becoming the first Ride-Player to defeat a Bugster.
As a reward, Nico was granted the Gashatrophy of Bang Bang Shooting, which Poppy explained was proof of her victory and that through collecting all of them, she would be eligible to face the final boss. In order for the Kamen Riders to "clear" Kamen Rider Chronicle, Nico acts as a front-out for the Riders as a Ride-Player. As so, she has defeated most of the Bugsters and collected most of the Gashatrophies for the Riders.
Despite her somewhat unlikable demeanor, Nico is not completely self-absorbed: she helped civilians escape during Genm's attack on Genm Corp. Nico has also shown to act somewhat as a moral compass for Taiga, occasionally asking him questions about his true intentions that break through his tough demeanor. Later on, after defeating Lovelica, she even helped him locate the Bugsters they needed to beat to clear Kamen Rider Chronicle, even if they both have their own reasons for playing.
Nico is also shown to have somewhat of a sincere side. After learning that the person she lost to six years ago was not really Emu but in reality Parado who was possessing Emu, she feels apologetic towards Emu for the unnecessary trouble, and now resolves to settle things with Parado instead.
Forms
Abilities:
Genius Gamer: Nico is a professional gamer who goes by the alias "N", a reference to the genius gamer M. Her skills are such that she was able to be the runner-up in a gaming tournament at the age of only 12. According to Taiga, she makes around ¥100 million a year in winnings. This is also shown as she becomes a Ride Player, beating Revol easily with a coordinated use of Energy items and her skills.
Ride-Player Nico
- Ride-Player Nico
- Origin : Earth (Ex-Aid GameWorld TimeLine)
- Version : Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Series
- Type : Ride-Player
- Announcement : Enter the Game! Ri-Riding the End!
- Users : Nico Saiba
- Height : 198.2 cm.
- Weight : 98.4 kg.
- Punching power : 21.7 t.
- Kicking power : 27.3 t.
- Maximum jump height : 32.5 m.
- Maximum running speed : 100 m. per 2.5 sec.
- Senses :
- Defense :
- Finisher : Nico Critical Kick & Punch
- Armed : Ride Weapon (Gun & Sword Mode)
- Appearances : Ex-Aid Episodes 27, 28, 30, 31, 35
- Ride-Players are the "Kamen Rider" form used by civilians to play Kamen Rider Chronicle. To transform into a Ride-Player, a person must activate their Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat, and press its button again to transform. In this form, all Ride-Players are equipped with the Ride Weapon, which can transform between a sword and a gun.
- Despite having a similar appearance to normal Ride-Players, Nico uses her personal items to differentiate herself from others, including wearing her civilian hat, carrying her civilian backpack, wearing her arm bands, and putting a sticker on her left chest mail. Additionally, after applying these items, she doesn't need to re-apply these when she transforms again.
- There will also be stars added to the Rider Gauge area, with the amount of stars shown corresponds to the amount of Bugsters that Nico has defeated within the game.
- Also, despite Ride-Players have their default stats and assuming Nico should be the same as them, she actually has much higher stats, beating every Ride-Player in existence and slightly lower than Ex-Aid Level 10 and Genm Level 10, making her on par with a Level 10 Rider. She is also shown to be quite fast and agile, easily dodging Revol's attacks while using her surroundings and the Energy Items to help her fight against the Bugsters.
Shooting Gamer Level 2
- Shooting Gamer Level 2
- Origin : Earth (Ex-Aid GameWorld TimeLine)
- Version : Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
- Type : Gamer
- Level : 2
- Form : Shooting Gamer
- Users : Nico Saiba
- Announcement : Gachan! Level Up! Ba-Ba-Bang! Bang-Ba-Bang! (Yow!) Bang Bang Shooting! (Upbeat jazz music)
- Height :
- Weight :
- Punching power :
- Kicking power :
- Maximum jump height :
- Maximum running speed :
- Senses :
- Defense :
- Finisher :
- Armed :
- Appearances : Ex-Aid Final Stage
- Shooting Gamer Level 2 also refered as Snipe Nico, is Nico Snipe's primary sniper form, activated by inserting the Bang Bang Shooting Gashat and pulling the lever on the Gamer Driver. This form is based on FPS games.
Devices:
- Ride Devices
- Gamer Driver
- An unknown silver colored version of Para-DX Buckle
