Game Over

A Game Over is an event which occurs whenever Samus is killed; this can occur if her Energy Tanks are fully depleted, along with some other, rarer causes of death. The Game Overs have varied throughout the series. In Metroid, Samus will explode regardless of whether she is armored or not. In Metroid II: Return of Samus, Samus will gradually fade away. In Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission, Samus' suit will explode (or dissipate in Zero Mission) and she will be left in her Bikini (or Zero Suit in Zero Mission). In the Metroid Prime Trilogy, Samus' visor will shut off while she lets out a scream, and then a screen showing Samus (in Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes) or a large red puddle of what may be blood (in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption) will appear, before the player is asked if s/he wants to continue playing from the last save point. Corruption also has an alternate game over which will play if Samus enters corrupt Hyper Mode, showing her turn into another Dark Samus.