I'm 39 years old and I'm still playing this game repeatedly it really enriched my childhood and gave me an incredibly exuberating experience with video games no matter how many times I beat it I would always go back to see if I can do better and more. The ending literally felt like a scene from a great action film it genuinely filled me with this amazing emotion I never felt with a video game before I actually had sympathy for the Metroid that sacrificed itself.