18-Volt

18-Volt in WarioWare Touched!.
18-Volt
Species	Human
Base	Diamond City
Debut	WarioWare: Twisted!

18-Volt is a character who appears in the WarioWare games as 9-Volt's best friend.

Background

A rather unusual fellow who, despite having the appearance of a full grown adult (generally standing taller than most everyone) still attends elementary school. At some point he started going to Diamond City Elementary School, but his love for playing jams from his boombox made him unpopular with the teacher. Although feeling down about his first day at that school, he soon after befriended 9-Volt who invited him over to his place. After a jam session, 18-Volt began to admire 9-Volt's collection - in particular the NES games thanks to his similar interest in old school games.

Since then the two constantly play games together until the wee hours of the morning. 18-Volt seems to only play second fiddle to 9-Volt since he doesn't seem such an avid collector, nor is his knowledge of Nintendo games on par with 9-Volt's. He's probably not a WarioWare employee either.

18-Volt being less familiar with Nintendo games is demonstrated in Wario Ware: Smooth Moves when the two are on yet another gaming frenzy. While 9-Volt is playing a classic Game & Watch game, 18-Volt mistakes it for a Nintendo DS and tries to take it from 9-Volt so he can play. The scuffle causes the game to break and 9-Volt gets angry and tells 18-Volt to leave. The depressed 18-Volt eventually finds out there is a sale on games at a local toystore and tries to weave through the crowd to get to the game. After finally reaching the checkout area, he finds that 9-Volt had already gone there to secure the very same item. The two patch things up and go back to being friends again.

He appears again in WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase, where he is one of the few WarioWare employees remaining after a number of the others left to join Diamond Software. 9-Volt was among the people who left, so 18-Volt came to see him as a rival. His level is presented in the form of a video game called "Jet 18Volt", and he casts 9-Volt as the boss of the game. Despite this, it seems that 9-Volt rejoins the company and they make up sometime after this game.

In Game & Wario, 18-Volt joins 9-Volt in hosting the Gamer minigame. He has his own mode in the minigame where the player can play through microgames without interruptions.

Trivia

• 18-Volt is merely doubling 9-Volt's name. As such their favorite video game character is 36-Volt, which is doubling 18.
• He loves rap music.
• A sticker of 18-Volt from WarioWare: Touched!! appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.