9-Volt

9-Volt is a major character in the , first appearing in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.
==Profile==
===Physical description===
9-Volt is an elementary school child with round eyes with thick black eyebrows, and a button nose. 9-Volt has light-brown hair, most of which is covered by a yellow construction helmet on his head, but his hair is visibly framed with star-like whispies. In his earlier appearances, 9-Volt had small pupils, but since WarioWare Gold, they were made larger and given a brown color. In said game, 9-Volt's hair was also made a bit larger. In the title screen of the Gamer stage in Game & Wario, 9-Volt is shown without his helmet for the first time, although his hair is red. In WarioWare: Get It Together!, 9-Volt's full set of hair is shown again, now with a shaggy look and being colored brown like in his other appearances.
9-Volt's helmet has a light green, transparent visor, an orange globe on the left and right sides each, and built-in gray headphones. 9-Volt's other clothing items include a red short-sleeved shirt with a light-green triangular collar, light green puffy pants, red gloves, and red boots. 9-Volt's shirt has a front pocket bearing a yellow "V," short for voltage. He either wears fingerless or fingered gloves, depending on the appearance.
===Personality traits===
9-Volt loves retro gaming, just like his friend 18-Volt, and the two of them often have gaming sessions together, such as after school. 9-Volt has video game addiction, and even tries to secretively play games past his bedtime when his mother, 5-Volt, is not looking.
Prior to WarioWare Gold, 9-Volt had more robotic-like voices, but since WarioWare Gold, he has been given a human voice.
==In ==
As an employee of Diamond Software (formerly WarioWare, Inc.), he creates a number of different microgames. As a self-proclaimed fanboy of retro Nintendo games, his microgames tend to be homages to these old games and even Nintendo from as early as when they made Hanfuda cards.
===WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!===
When Wario formed create a video game company titled WarioWare, Inc., 9-Volt and his other friends agreed to join. 9-Volt's microgames in particular fall under the Nintendo Classics genre.
In the opening cutscene of 9-Volt's stage, after a long day at Diamond City Elementary, 9-Volt gets onto his high-tech skateboard, SK8, and goes home. Upon arriving, 9-Volt gets into his room and plays with his mixing console. 9-Volt says "Hello," to which his oversized Game Boy answers him with "OK" a few times. Following this, 9-Volt makes music with the mixing console and spins records on it, then the Game Boy uses a mechanism to insert a cartridge into itself. This starts a game on the Game Boy's screen, then the player begins playing through the player's microgames.
During the intermissions between 9-Volt's microgames, the large Game Boy and a screen of the inserted game is shown. It stars 9-Volt in a Dragon Quest-like role-playing game. The HUD to the left only consists of the player's name and three stats—Level, HP, and EXP—each representing something different than in the average role-playing game while still ostensibly applying to 9-Volt. The Level represents the current difficulty setting of the microgames, and it can only go up to 3, the highest difficulty level for microgames in general. The HP starts at four, and decreases by a number each time the player fails a microgame. The EXP starts at zero but increments by one each time before another microgame is started. Most of 9-Volt's microgames are based on a Nintendo Entertainment System game, but some are based on a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, and a few others are based on Nintendo's toys from before they became a video game company.
In the ending cutscene of 9-Volt's stage, as 9-Volt is still spinning records, Ken the Reporter suddenly appears and announces that the Game Boy Advance SP has been released. Excited by this news, 9-Volt leaves the house and gets onto his SK8, which transforms into a hoverboard. With that, 9-Volt hurries to the next store to purchase the new handheld. The screen transitions out with 9-Volt going into the inner part of Diamond City, then is followed by a scene win which he shows up at the Gelateria. From henceforth, whenever this is shown, 9-Volt is seen sitting on the side of the building, playing on a silver-model Game Boy Advance SP.
In the game's end cutscene, 9-Volt and the other employees are seen with a shocked expression as they witness Wario fleeing with all of WarioWare, Inc.'s profits.
9-Volt appears in four unlockable minigames. In Skating Board, 9-Volt is the main protagonist, and it involves him riding on his SK8 and having to dodge obstacles and red birds along the way. In the two-player minigame Chicken Race, the player who uses takes control of 9-Volt, while the other player's character is Shag. In the Fly Swatter minigame, 9-Volt appears in the congratulations sequence, replacing the Spiny from the original Mario Paint iteration of the minigame. In Paper Plane, 9-Volt is one of the characters who looks through a window to tell the current flight time.
===WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!===
9-Volt's set of microgames all return from WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. In multiplayer mode, 9-Volt is one of ten playable characters, and he has his own multiplayer game, Card-e Cards.
In a cutscene, 9-Volt briefly shown to be the host of his own television show, the Super Show. There, he uses a mixing console again and a Game Boy Advance with arms and legs stating "OK," much like the Game Boy in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.
===WarioWare: Twisted!===
9-Volt returns as a microgame host, but unlike before, all of 9-Volt's microgames are based on a Nintendo Entertainment System game, rather than the majority of them.
In the opening cutscene, 9-Volt and Mona both arrive at Dr. Crygor's Lab after Dr. Crygor's new invention, the Gravitator, replaces Wario's old Game Boy Advance with several Game Boy Advance system lookalikes, albeit with no buttons and built-in tilt functionality. 9-Volt and Mona try it out and enjoy it, giving Wario the idea to create WarioWare game with incorporated tilt functionality.
In the intro for 9-Volt's stage, Spintendo Classics, he is revealed to be a troublemaker at school when the teacher introduces the new student, 18-Volt, claiming he has no relation to the "naughty" 9-Volt (given their similar names). The chalkboard even shows "Time out 9-Volt!" that had been written in white chalk. After school, 18-Volt goes home, feeling very let down because he got in trouble for playing his boombox loudly in class. 9-Volt then shows up on his SK8 and tells 18-Volt that he enjoyed his music. The two instantly befriend one another, and 9-Volt invites 18-Volt over to his house, which the latter agrees to. At his house, 9-Volt can be seen playing his record mixer while 18-Volt plays his boombox. A gameplay demo is then shown in which the player has to tilt the system to spin 9-Volt's hand on the record. After this, 18-Volt excitedly looks around 9-Volt's room and realizes that he 9-Volt has a Nintendo Entertainment System, asking if he can play. 9-Volt agrees, and the two of them play together. While the two are playing the Nintendo Entertainment System, the player plays through 9-Volt's microgame set.
In the ending cutscene for Spintendo Classics, it is nighttime, and 9-Volt and 18-Volt had played the Nintendo Entertainment System together for several hours. Just as earlier, 9-Volt is seen playing his record mixer while 18-Volt plays his boombox. Their fun is cut short by 9-Volt's mother, who tells 9-Volt that it is past his bedtime, then 9-Volt and 18-Volt slowly creep to the right in fear. In a later scene, when 9-Volt is in bed, 18-Volt checks on him, then closes the door, and 9-Volt decides to furtively play with his Game Boy Advance SP under the bedspread, only to be caught by his mother, who demands him to put the system away. The following day or so, 9-Volt and 18-Volt show up together at Club Sugar, with 9-Volt having used his SK8 as a hoverboard to travel over to there.
===WarioWare: Touched!===
9-Volt & 18-Volt co-host their own set of microgames, featured as part of the Retro Action stage. They are based on various Nintendo games and toys, similarly to WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, but some are based on more modern releases around the time of WarioWare: Touched!s release.
In the intro cutscene of Retro Action, 9-Volt and 18-Volt are among several to appear at Toy Express. 9-Volt managed to buy a copy of the newly released Nintendo GameCube game, 36-Volt Man, which he shows to 18-Volt. The two of them excitedly rush back over to 9-Volt's House, and along the way, 9-Volt uses his SK8 as a hoverboard. At 9-Volt's House, 9-Volt slowly holds up a disc of 36-Volt Man, stating how awesome it is. Once the game has been started, 9-Volt and 18-Volt play 36-Volt Man all the way into the night and manage to win at the game. To celebrate their success, 9-Volt decides to spin records while 18-Volt dances behind him, carrying a boombox. During this, the player plays through the duo's microgame set. A blocky Mario and Luigi figurine can be seen on the left and right sides of 9-Volt's records instrument each.
In the ending cutscene of Retro Action, it is still nighttime, and 9-Volt and 18-Volt have fallen asleep, as seen on the Touch Screen, while the upper screen shows a transition from nighttime to morning. The two of them wake up, notice that it is 9 o'clock, and run over to school upon realizing they are late. Some time after, 9-Volt and 18-Volt make their way over to the Hawt House, which 9-Volt does by using his SK8 in its skateboard form.
===WarioWare: Smooth Moves===
9-Volt and 18-Volt have their own stage, The Multiplayer Test. In the intro, 9-Volt shows a Game & Watch handheld console to 18-Volt and plays with it. 18-Volt wants to see more of the Game & Watch and grasps it, but 9-Volt still has the console in his hands and tells him that he is still playing it. Because 9-Volt and 18-Volt are pulling on opposite ends of the Game & Watch, it breaks into two halves. 9-Volt gets furious and screams at 18-Volt to get out of his house.
Feeling guilty about his actions, 18-Volt tries to find a new Game & Watch for 9-Volt. He eventually finds a store run by Shop Manager Iwata, who has the Game & Watch on offer. In the ending cutscene, 18-Volt reaches for the Game & Watch, but is surprised to see 9-Volt doing the same. The friends face each other, sincerely apologize, and reconcile with one another. 9-Volt tells 18-Volt that he wants to always be his P2 (Player 2).
Both 9-Volt's and 18-Volt's set of microgames involves various Nintendo products, both classic and the more contemporary ones around the time of WarioWare: Smooth Movess release.
===WarioWare: D.I.Y.===
9-Volt, along with Mona, Jimmy T., Orbulon, and Ashley, apparently left WarioWare, Inc. to work for Diamond Software for unknown reasons. 9-Volt's stage features him as the protagonist of a game titled Super 9-Volt, a parody of Super Mario Bros.. It involves him skateboarding on his SK8 while the player plays through 9-Volt's series of microgames. Whenever the player wins at a microgame, 9-Volt hits a ? Block shaped like a Family Computer cartridge. Similarly to WarioWare: Smooth Moves, 9-Volt's microgames include more recent Nintendo products of the time as well as retro.
===WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase===
9-Volt makes a few small appearances during 18-Volt's stage, which are likewise Nintendo-themed in general. The game takes place around the same time as WarioWare: D.I.Y.s events, so while 9-Volt went to work for Diamond Software, 18-Volt continued to work for WarioWare, Inc.. 18-Volt treats 9-Volt as his rival, which is evident from 9-Volt being portrayed as a boss during the intermission segments of 18-Volt's stage and how during 18-Volt's greeting to the player, he insists that he works at "twice the power as that other guy you might be thinking of," alluding to 9-Volt.
During the stage, 9-Volt pilots a ship in the shape of his helmet. By completing 18-Volt's boss microgame, Chiritorie, a short scene is shown of 9-Volt appearing to reconcile with 18-Volt, only for him to punch 18-Volt's hand before flying off again.
===Game & Wario===
9-Volt is the co-host of the Gamer stage, along with 18-Volt, each having their own mode. The 9-Volt mode takes place in 9-Volt's room at night, past his bedtime. Here, 9-Volt plays a Game Boy Micro-like console, corresponding to the player playing the microgames on the Wii U GamePad. 5-Volt often drops by 9-Volt's bedroom to try and make sure he is not playing games past his bedtime, so just before 5-Volt enters, the player has to pause the gameplay so that 9-Volt can pretend to be asleep before resuming gameplay again. If 5-Volt finds out 9-Volt is playing video games during his bedtime, he is scolded by her, and the player loses at the Gamer stage. Aside from the Gamer stage, like many of the other characters, 9-Volt is depicted on a bowling pin in the Bowling minigame.
9-Volt is among the characters to host a Miiverse Sketch Masterpiece Collection video on Nintendo's YouTube account. 9-Volt hosts the fourteenth one in particular, and it is themed after drawings of Samus Aran.
===WarioWare Gold===
9-Volt is in the "Touch League". His microgame genre is Nintendo Classics. 9-Volt complains about math. He realizes that Fronk spoke. He mentions that they are not allowed to have pets in school. Fronk denies that he is a pet, but he worries he hates math. Fronk helps him with equations by using imagination. 9-Volt imagines bigger that he is in an RPG game. After the gameplay, he thought maths was fun and called Fronk his "apprentice". He decides to give Fronk his dessert later that night; but Fronk mentions he is too old and turned "1" year old. Fronk mentions his "8-bit yoga".
He appears in 18-Volt's cutscene and the gameplay. In the Potluck Gang, Red brought fresh oysters and Orbulon brought carotene logs that are "radioactive", but 9-Volt was skeptical. Ashley brought a "mandrake root" and he thought that potluck was a bad idea.
===WarioWare: Get It Together!===
9-Volt is among the WarioWare, Inc. employees to be sucked into a game system during the game's story.
===WarioWare: Move It!===
9-Volt returns as a microgame host, and his boss microgame is Super Mario 64 DS, based on the Nintendo DS game of the same name.
==In Paper Airplane Chase==
In Endless Mode, 9-Volt and 18-Volt both cameo as a background sign, which is shown after the player reaches 120 points. 9-Volt is shown to have a design based on his WarioWare: Smooth Moves appearance.
==Crossover appearances==
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====Super Smash Bros. Brawl====
9-Volt makes a cameo appearance in the form of two different stickers. One of them depicts his artwork from WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! and increases the fighter's electric attacks by eight, while the other depicts 9-Volt's WarioWare: Touched! artwork and increases the fighter's head attacks by five.
9-Volt's name is referenced on the fighter select screen, where "9VOLT" is one of the possible names to show up from pressing the "RANDOM NAME" button.
====Super Smash Bros. for Wii U====
9-Volt and 5-Volt are featured together in the form of a trophy titled "9-Volt & His Mother," which can be purchased from the Trophy Shop.
====Super Smash Bros. Ultimate====
9-Volt and 18-Volt are featured together in an Ace-class support spirit titled "9-Volt & 18-Volt." If it is equipped on a fighter, they are given immunity to electric floors. In World of Light, the spirit is located on the Base sub-map of the Light Realm. The corresponding battle involves both Villager and Incineroar being fought on the Gamer stage.
The core obtained from the 9-Volt & 18-Volt spirit can be combined with a Labrador Retriever's core to summon DJ K.K.'s spirit, referencing how another hobby of 9-Volt's is disk-jockeying.
===Rhythm Heaven Megamix===
9-Volt is one of the WarioWare characters to appear in the Wario... Where? challenge set. Its version of Super Samurai Slice features 9-Volt piggybacking 18-Volt as the latter uses his katana to fend off enemies as they go to rescue Sal Out.
===Tetris 99===
During the WarioWare: Get It Together!-themed event of the 24th Maximus Cup, 9-Volt is represented by the "O" tetromino.
==Statistics==
==Behind the scenes==
===Etymology===
9-Volt's name is derived from the Nintendo Entertainment System's operating voltage.
===Portrayals===
Although 9-Volt is a boy, he has exclusively been portrayed by voice actresses, spanning various languages:
*Reiko Ninomiya (2003 - 2013, since WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!)
*Melissa Hutchinson (2018 - present, since WarioWare Gold)
*Makoto Koichi (2018 - present, since WarioWare Gold; Japanese version)
*Clara Schwarze (2018 - present, since WarioWare Gold; European Spanish version)
*Nelly Rebibo (2018 - present, since WarioWare Gold; French version)
*Paulina Weiner (2018 - present, since WarioWare Gold; German version)
*Cinzia Massironi (2018 - present, since WarioWare Gold; Italian version)
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