Death In Megaman (Character Deaths)

While game overs are one thing, there is a lesser death in Megaman, the character death. I say lesser not because it happens less, in fact it happens at lease 3 times as much. I say lesser because unlike game overs, if you have more lives you can start from half-levels and you can keep your E-tanks (powerups).

The other main difference between the two is that character death is almost impossible to avoid. While lucky players can store up lives or power to ward off game overs, there's only 1 false move between a player and character death. With the number of instant-death situations in the Megaman games, it's surprising how many times he explodes.

When Megaman dies, he doesn't just fall over or leave the screen.. he explodes. I guess that's reasonable for a robot but still... explodes. Explodes into little balls of light: