Nightmare and Gravity
In Super Metroid, Samus' shinespark and missiles travel at the same speed, although the missiles gain a boost in speed after about 1 second. For this reason, I will assume Samus' missiles travel at Mach 1.2, or 411.6 m/s.
In Metroid: Zero Mission, Samus' arm cannon is pointing outward horizontally. She's 1.98 m. I checked the pixels for Samus in MZM, so 1.98 m. is equal to 81 pixels. The bottom of the tip of Samus' arm cannon to the ground is 53 pixels.
- 53 pixels / 81 pixels = 0.6543, or 65.43%
- 1.98 m. * 0.6543 = 1.296 m.
With this in mind, I will use the equation, g = 2(viyt - Δy) / t², where g is gravity, viy is the initial velocity for the y axis, t is time, Δy is change in initial height divided by time squared. Because the initial velocity …
Speed Booster
- Samus Aran is 90 kilograms.
- The Speed Booster allows Samus to run at supersonic speeds. The low-end is Mach 1.2.
- At sea level, the speed of sound travels at 343 m/s.
- 343 m/s * 1.2 = 411.6 m/s.
- Using different formulae, we can learn how many joules Samus would produce, the TNT equivalent, the newtons, and the g-force.
- 1 Joules
- 2 TNT equivalent
- 3 Newtons
- 4 G-Force
- The equation for kinetic energy is KE = 0.5 mv^2.
- KE = 0.5 * (90 kg.)(411.6 m/s)^2
- KE = 0.5 * (90 kg.)(169,414.56 m^2/s^2)
- KE = 0.5 * 15,247,310.4 kg. m^2/s^2
- KE = 7,623,655.2 J
- 1 gram of TNT is equal to 4,184 J.
- 1 ton of TNT is equal to 4,184,000,000 J.
- Because the amount of joules produced from Samus when she dashes at supersonic speeds is smaller, she won't be producing the equivalent of even 1 ton…