Death in Metroid

As the week continues, we are looking at death in video games. Whilst watching a video on the best ways to die in video games, Metroid was mentioned. Apparently, being obliterated into several pieces is one of the worst ways to die. It's true, every single enemy in this game dies the same way. They take enough damage and explode into tons of pieces and fall off the screen. Even Samus, the main character simply "pops" and cues a sad tone upon death.