It felt wrong to me too, but the thing is they’ve chosen to put it on page 2 which is a bit confusing.
Compare its size with the X-wing on page 1 (using the Metal Gear as a reference), taking into account the different orientation. They look pretty similar (which is obviously what people who designed the Arwing were going for).
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I twigged to that immediately, also. Canonically according to the Internet the Arwing is supposed to be 28 “sm” long in its SNES incarnation and 18.5 of them thereafter, only raising the question of what the hell the “sm” is as a unit and how that translates to real world ones. But assuming that Fox and his furry pals are roughly the same proportions as humans, the way the Arwing is consistently depicted is with a single seater cockpit that one of them fits in to handily, roughly analogous to a real world fighter jet. Thus we an assume they’re about the same proportions. So, like 18 to 20 meters long, which makes Star Fox’s units (maybe they’re “space meters”) seem pretty comparable.
I think the Arwing’s on the wrong page, here.
EarMaster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is depicted as a little bit short of 100ft here, so this checks roughly out. If it is too large it’s only by a fraction…
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 months ago
SM is obviously Square Miles.
Though more likely, “Standard Meter” was the intention, after the SM^3, Standard Meter Cubed.