*** Before long, Planet Zebes explodes in a blinding flash, leaving a  ***
*** bright explosion behind.  Samus escapes the planet in the nick of  ***
*** time.                                                              ***

(If you took the time to save the Dachola and Etecoons, there'll be a subtle change in this scene: look closely to the right of the explosion when Samus's ship starts flying toward the screen, and you'll see a little dot fly away from the explosion to the right.  I guess the critters had an escape ship, huh?)

Samus's ship will fly toward the screen, and you'll get the message:

     THE OPERATION WAS
   COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY

      CLEAR TIME nn:nn

(Where nn:nn is the time it took you to beat the game.)

Wait for the game credits to end (around 2 minutes), and you will see one of three slightly different endings, depending on your clear time (NOT your item percentage):

•  10:01 or more:  Samus will appear in her suit, and give you a thumbs-up.
•  3:01 to 10:00:  Same as above, except Samus's visor disappears.
•  3:00 or less:  Samus's entire suit vanishes, letting you see her as she really is (in a revealing jumpsuit), after which she lets her hair down.  Pretty, ain't she?

In any case, Samus will then jump up and land further back (in her suit), then will shoot the screen.  The Screw Attack symbol appears on the screen, and you get the message:

   SEE YOU NEXT MISSION

      YOUR RATE FOR
   COLLECTING ITEMS IS

           nnn%

(Where nnn% is the percentage of items you collected.)

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