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*''[[Metroid: Other M]]''
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*''[[Metroid Fusion]]''
*''[[Metroid Fusion]]''
*''[[Metroid Dread]]''
|users=*[[Samus Aran|Samus]]
|users=*[[Samus Aran|Samus]]
*[[Dachora]]
*The [[Dachora]]
*[[Serris]]
|location=
*[[E.M.M.I.-04SB]]
|obtain=Defeat [[Serris]] <small>(''Metroid Fusion'')</small>
|authorized=[[Sector 2 (Cryosphere)]]
|uses=Allows Samus to sprint
|location=*[[Kraid (area)|Kraid's Lair]] {{small|(''Zero Mission'')}}
*[[Norfair]] {{small|(''Super Metroid'')}}
*[[Sector 4 (AQA)]] {{small|(''Metroid Fusion'')}}
*[[Dairon]] {{small|(''Metroid Dread'')}}
|obtain=*Defeat [[Kraid]] {{small|(''Metroid: Zero Mission'')}}
*Defeat [[Serris]] {{small|(''Metroid Fusion'')}}
|uses=Allows Samus to {{Hover|sprint|Commonly referred to as Speed Boost}}
}}
}}


The '''Speed Booster''' is an [[Upgrade|upgrade]] that allows [[Samus Aran|Samus]] to run at "{{wp|supersonic}} speeds."<ref>{{Cite manual|Speed Booster <br/> With this power-up, Samus is able to dash at supersonic speeds and crash through certain barriers and enemies. Press and hold + in the direction you want to dash.|Metroid: Zero Mission|26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite manual|Speed Booster <br/> Dash at supersonic speeds and crash through certain barriers and enemies. Press and hold the + Control Pad in the direction you want to dash.|Metroid Fusion|30}}</ref> Once speed boosting is attained, Samus can destroy [[Boost Block|special blocks]], break through rock, ice, and metal, destroy enemies, cover distances quickly, run up steep inclines, leap over wide gaps, and set up a [[Shinespark|shinespark]]. The Speed Booster is an essential upgrade to progress through the game in which it appears.
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==Appearances==
The '''Speed Booster''' is an ability allowing [[Samus Aran|Samus]] to run with an increased speed. Once Speed Boosting, Samus can destroy any most common enemies by running into them. It can destroy special blocks, and must be used such to progress.  
===''Metroid: Zero Mission''===
Upon defeating [[Kraid]] in [[Kraid (area)|his hideout]], Samus can acquire the Speed Booster resting in the hands of a [[Chozo Statue]]. It can be used to destroy boost blocks throughout [[Zebes]].


===''Super Metroid''===
There is also a secret technique introduced in ''[[Super Metroid]]'', shown by the [[Dachora]], called the [[Shinespark]]. It has been in every 2D Metroid game since that. In ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]'' as well as ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]'', there are some things that can charge the speed while Samus is in [[Morph Ball]] mode. The Speed Booster made its first 3D appearance in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''.
The Speed Booster can be obtained in [[Norfair]]. Unlike later appearances, Samus will take damage when she Shinesparks. The reason for this is unknown. Samus cannot Speed Boost through frozen enemies unlike later games.
 
===''Metroid: Other M''===
[[Adam Malkovich]] authorizes use of the Speed Booster in [[Sector 2 (Cryosphere)]]. It allows Samus to break through a surface to shortcut her way toward Cryosphere's exit. Unlike other appearances, Samus can turn angles while speed boosting. This is seen especially in a spiral structure in the [[Sector 1 (Biosphere)|Biosphere]], as well as the [[Sector 3 (Pyrosphere)|Pyrosphere]], just before battling a [[Rhedogian]]. There are rare large open spaces, but when they appear, it is likely that the Speed Booster is required to advance or to obtain an expansion.
 
===''Metroid Fusion''===
Aboard the [[Biologic Space Labs Research Station|Biologic Space Labs research station]] is [[Serris]], an aquatic creature mimicked by the [[X Parasite|X]]. This creature, according to Adam, moves at "ultra-high speed" through the water and air attacking Samus. When its head is damaged by a [[Missile|missile]] or [[Charge Beam|charged shot]], the creature will glow and speed up. Defeating it will reveal it's [[Core-X]], which can be absorbed to regain the Speed Booster ability.
 
=== ''Metroid Dread'' ===
On planet ZDR, in the Weapons facility side of Dairon sits the Yellow EMMI and the Yellow EMMI zone. After making a quick detour through the watery area of Burenia to get the Flash Shift and to make your way to the lower side of Dairon, you can use your new ability to quickly evade the EMMI and get to the Central Unit. After defeating the Central Unit, you can use the Omega Stream and the Omega Beam to destroy the Yellow EMMI and obtain the Speed Booster. After a small build-up, Samus starts running at superhuman speeds and can smash through Speed Booster blocks, enemies, and most bosses.
 
==Data==
===Screen Data===
====''Metroid Fusion''====
:''Speed Booster was regained. Run until speed boost begins.''<ref>{{cite|Speed Booster was regained. Run until speed boost begins.|Screen Data|[[Metroid Fusion]]}}</ref>
 
===Sprites===
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|zm=[[File:Speed Booster zm Sprite.gif|Speed Booster]]
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Because Samus weighs 90 kg.<ref>{{Cite manual|Samus Aran <br/> Height:{{Hover|1 m. 90 cm.|6 ft. 3 in.}} Weight:{{Hover|90 kg.|198 lbs.}}|Metroid II: Return of Samus|14}}</ref> and the Speed Booster allows her to travel at supersonic speeds (above 343 m/s; 1,126.4 ft./s), she is able to produce 37,044 {{wp|Newton (unit)|newtons}} of force per run (equal to 4 tons), or 7,623,655.2 {{wp|Joule|joules}} (7.624 × 10⁶ J).
*Because Samus weighs 90kg<ref>{{Cite manual|Samus Aran <br/> Height:{{Hover|1m 90cm|6ft 3in}}   Weight:{{Hover|90kg|198lbs}}|[[Super Metroid]]|14}}</ref> and the Speed Booster allows Samus to move at {{wp|supersonic}} speed<ref>{{Cite manual|Speed Booster <br/> Dash at supersonic speeds and crash through certain barriers and enemies. Press and hold the + Control Pad in the direction you want to dash.|Super Metroid|30}}</ref> (above 1,126 feet per second), then a Speed Boosted Samus attacks with over 33634.0704 {{wp|Newton (unit)|Newtons}} of force per run.
*Interestingly, in ''Super Metroid'', Samus cannot Speed Boost through [[Ice Beam|frozen]] enemies.
*Interestingly, in ''Super Metroid'', Samus cannot Speed Boost through [[Ice Beam|frozen]] enemies
*Although ''Metroid: Other M'' may seem to be the first game to show Samus turning while speed boosting, ''Metroid Fusion'' is actually the first, as moving from one sector to another would require turning. The side-scrolling appearance does not demonstrate this visually, however.
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==Gallery==
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File:Speed Booster om Website 01.png|Japanese Website
File:Speed Booster om Website 02.png|American Website
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