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== Definition ==

''Least number of killed enemies'':

In order to obtain an as canonical and objective definition that fits to the game and its structure, the following analysis will refer to a definition of when an enemy is killed(*) and as how many kills an enemy kill counts by means of actions by Samus or the player that extends from the logic that the grey in-game enemy kill-count shells use via memory watching each of the in total 32 healthpoints tracking slots for enemies.

The following analysis is meant to cover NTSC aswell as PAL, for the general surrounding ruleset given by
* No Out of Bounds
* No Spazer+Plasma
* No GT Code
* No Savestation G-Mode Memory Corruption

(*) Note that just hurting enemies will be ignored in this analysis as long as it doesn't lead to reducing the number of healthpoints of an enemy slot to 0.

As sidenote, freezing an enemy by a shot means that this shot did not reduce the amount of healthpoints that the enemy had before being frozen.

Information and clarification based on RAM Watch tests on the number of enemy slots that corresponds to enemies when they are killed:

== Pacifist-Max% ==

List of all items that cannot be obtained:

== Pacifist-Low% ==

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 Information and clarification based on RAM Watch tests on the number of enemy slots that corresponds to enemies when they are killed:
-* If one watches Titel Screen Demos, then enemies die HP address-wise (but this is not the ase for the Intro), so this needs to be avoided.
+* If one watches Titel Screen Demos, then enemies die HP address-wise (but this is not the case for the Intro), so this needs to be avoided.
 * Dust Torizo, G4 room ghosts, MB turret shots, dust enemies and the hopper that the Big Metroid sucks dry all don't count as killed enemies.
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 Relevant, noteworthy aspects about the completion:
-* Escpecially early on, one likely can get into situations in which one should go back to the ship in order to refill health and ammunition, or go to a Missile- or Health-refill station, in order to not get into a stuck or even permastuck situation.
+* Especially early on, one likely can get into situations in which one should go back to the ship in order to refill health and ammunition, or go to a Missile- or Health-refill station, in order to not get into a stuck or even permastuck situation.
 * In PAL, Bomb Torizo skip is required.
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 * Botwoon skip is required (without killing any of the involved Zebbos) since otherwise one cannot avoid reducing Botwoon's HP to 0 at least once, and hence also the collection of Ice, and for players Wave alongside Ice.
-* In pre-Pillars room, one needs to be careful about laying a powerbomb in there (provided one does so) not too low, or the 2 Violas will get killed, and for pre-Gravitron room, one is required to get the Violas out of the way for a powerbomb, by letting them fall and crawl away using Super Missile(s). And for powerbomb uses in general, one needs to be careful to get weak enemeies out of the way.
+* In pre-Pillars room, one needs to be careful about laying a powerbomb in there (provided one does so) not too low, or the 2 Violas will get killed, and for pre-Gravitron room, one is required to get the Violas out of the way for a powerbomb, by letting them fall and crawl away using Super Missile(s). And for powerbomb uses in general, one needs to be careful to get weak enemies out of the way.
-* All 4 Metroid rooms (except the first for players without tool-assistance) need to be skipped by step-wise pushing Samus further and further through the grey shells in those rooms (and for the last Metroid room possibly using a Moonfall inbetween 2 frozen Rinkas), without killing any Rinkas.
+* All 4 Metroid rooms (except the first for players without tool-assistance) need to be skipped by step-wise pushing Samus further and further through the grey shells in those rooms (and for the last Metroid room possibly using a Moonfall in between 2 frozen Rinkas), without killing any Rinkas.
 * The Zebetites need to be skipped.

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		+	* If one watches Titel Screen Demos, then enemies die HP address-wise (but this is not the ase for the Intro), so this needs to be avoided.
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		+	* Dust Torizo, G4 room ghosts, MB turret shots, dust enemies and the hopper that the Big Metroid sucks dry all don't count as killed enemies.

	* Cacattack Spikes don't count as killed enemies.		* Cacattack Spikes don't count as killed enemies.

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 As sidenote, freezing an enemy by a shot means that this shot did not reduce the amount of healthpoints that the enemy had before being frozen.
 Information and clarification based on RAM Watch tests on the number of enemy slots that corresponds to enemies when they are killed:
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 * Spore Spawn counts as 1 killed enemy (spores don't count as killed enemies).
-* Kraid doesn't count as killed enemy [but 6 enemies die in total after the fight] (Kraid's hand counts as 1 killed enemy; the 3 spike-platforms count as 1 killed enemies each at the end; both rock types don't count as killed enemies; both fingernails * count as 1 killed enemy each at the end, and in the new room state they are in the bottom and can be killed).
+* Kraid doesn't count as killed enemy [but 6 enemies die in total after the fight, even with KQK] (Kraid's hand counts as 1 killed enemy; the 3 spike-platforms count as 1 killed enemies each at the end; both rock types don't count as killed enemies; both fingernails * count as 1 killed enemy each at the end, and in the new room state they are in the bottom and can be killed).
 * Phantoon counts as 1 killed enemy [and has 4 parts of which only 1 goes to 0 HP] (flames don't count as killed enemies).
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 * Mother Brain (phase 1 counts as 1 killed enemy but alongside it 3 Rinkas die, phase 2 counts as 1 killed enemy but the Big Metroid actually counts as 1 killed enemy, phase 3 counts as 1 killed enemy).
 == Pacifist-Max%(92%) ==
 List of all items that cannot be obtained:

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 Information and clarification based on RAM Watch tests on the number of enemy slots that corresponds to enemies when they are killed:
-Cacattack Spikes don't count as killed enemies.
+* Cacattack Spikes don't count as killed enemies.
-Kagos each count as 1 killed enemy (their bugs don't count as killed enemies).
+* Kagos each count as 1 killed enemy (their bugs don't count as killed enemies).
-Green KiHunters show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
+* Green KiHunters show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
-Red KiHunters show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
+* Red KiHunters show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
-Wrecked Ship KiHunters show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
+* Wrecked Ship KiHunters show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
-Mini Kraid spikes don't count as killed enemies.
+* Mini Kraid spikes don't count as killed enemies.
-Evirs each count as 1 killed enemy [but consist of 3 parts each].
+* Evirs each count as 1 killed enemy [but consist of 3 parts each].
-Gerutas show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
+* Gerutas show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
-Squeepts show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
+* Squeepts show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
-Seahorse show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
+* Seahorse show up as 2 parts with HP but one can kill them such that only one HP part vanishes with value 0.
-Boulders don't count as killed if they break themselves.
+* Boulders don't count as killed if they break themselves.
-Magdollite firespits don't count as killed enemies.
+* Magdollite firespits don't count as killed enemies.
-Skrees don't count as killed enemies when digging into ground (and their rocks don't count as killed enemies).
+* Skrees don't count as killed enemies when digging into ground (and their rocks don't count as killed enemies).
-Metaskrees don't count as killed when digging into ground (and their rocks don't count as killed enemies).
+* Metaskrees don't count as killed when digging into ground (and their rocks don't count as killed enemies).
-Ninja Pirates count as 1 killed enemy each.
+* Ninja Pirates count as 1 killed enemy each.
-Rinkas count as 1 killed enemy each time {they don't count towards kill count shells like some mini-/bosses}.
+* Rinkas count as 1 killed enemy each time {they don't count towards kill count shells like some mini-/bosses}.
-Zebetites actually count as 2 killed enemies each.
+* Zebetites actually count as 2 killed enemies each.
-st Tourian Escape room gates count as 1 killed enemy each.
+* 1st Tourian Escape room gates count as 1 killed enemy each.
-Ceres Ridley apparently has no HP that can be reduced.
+* Ceres Ridley apparently has no HP that can be reduced.
-Bomb Torizo counts as 1 killed enemy (eggs don't count as killed enemies).
+* Bomb Torizo counts as 1 killed enemy (eggs don't count as killed enemies).
-Spore Spawn counts as 1 killed enemy (spores don't count as killed enemies).
+* Spore Spawn counts as 1 killed enemy (spores don't count as killed enemies).
-Kraid doesn't count as killed enemy [but 6 enemies die in total after the fight] (Kraid's hand counts as 1 killed enemy; the 3 spike-platforms count as 1 killed enemies each at the end; both rock types don't count as killed enemies; both fingernails count as 1 killed enemy each at the end, and in the new room state they are in the bottom and can be killed).
+* Kraid doesn't count as killed enemy [but 6 enemies die in total after the fight] (Kraid's hand counts as 1 killed enemy; the 3 spike-platforms count as 1 killed enemies each at the end; both rock types don't count as killed enemies; both fingernails * count as 1 killed enemy each at the end, and in the new room state they are in the bottom and can be killed).
-Phantoon counts as 1 killed enemy [and has 4 parts of which only 1 goes to 0 HP] (flames don't count as killed enemies).
+* Phantoon counts as 1 killed enemy [and has 4 parts of which only 1 goes to 0 HP] (flames don't count as killed enemies).
-Botwoon counts as 1 killed enemy.
+* Botwoon counts as 1 killed enemy.
-Crocomire actually doesn't count as killed enemy (spit doesn't count as killed enemy; tongue counts as 1 killed enemy if one uses many powerbombs).
+* Crocomire actually doesn't count as killed enemy (spit doesn't count as killed enemy; tongue counts as 1 killed enemy if one uses many powerbombs).
-Golden Torizo counts as 1 killed enemy (eggs don't count as killed enemies, birds don't count as killed enemies).
+* Golden Torizo counts as 1 killed enemy (eggs don't count as killed enemies, birds don't count as killed enemies).
-Draygon counts as 1 killed enemy (goo doesn't count as killed enemy).
+* Draygon counts as 1 killed enemy (goo doesn't count as killed enemy).
-Ridley counts as 1 killed enemy but spawns 12 further enemy parts with 0x80 HP that rapidly automatically die as Ridley explosions [which makes for 13 killed enemies here in total for the Ridley fight].
+* Ridley counts as 1 killed enemy but spawns 12 further enemy parts with 0x80 HP that rapidly automatically die as Ridley explosions [which makes for 13 killed enemies here in total for the Ridley fight].
-Mother Brain (phase 1 counts as 1 killed enemy but alongside it 3 Rinkas die, phase 2 counts as 1 killed enemy but the Big Metroid actually counts as 1 killed enemy, phase 3 counts as 1 killed enemy).
+* Mother Brain (phase 1 counts as 1 killed enemy but alongside it 3 Rinkas die, phase 2 counts as 1 killed enemy but the Big Metroid actually counts as 1 killed enemy, phase 3 counts as 1 killed enemy).
 == Pacifist-Max%(92%) ==

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 Information and clarification based on RAM Watch tests on the number of enemy slots that corresponds to enemies when they are killed:
-(...)
+Cacattack Spikes don't count as killed enemies.
 == Pacifist-Max%(92%) ==

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 ''Least number of killed enemies'':
-In order to obtain an as canonical and objective definition that fits to the game and its structure, the following analysis will refer to a definition of when an enemy is killed(*) and as how many kills an enemy kill counts by means of actions by Samus or the player that extends from the logic that the grey in-game enemy kill-count shells use via memory watching each of the in total 32 healthpoints tracking slots for enemies.
+In order to obtain an as canonical and objective definition that fits to the game and its structure, the following analysis will refer to a definition of when an enemy is killed(*) and as how many kills an enemy kill counts by means of actions by Samus or the player that extends from the logic that the grey in-game enemy kill-count shells use via memory watching each of the in total 32 healthpoints tracking slots for enemies. The objective is to beat the game while minimizing the number of healthpoint slots (which will be corresponding to enemies and their parts) that are reduced by any means from a value above 0 to 0 during the playthrough.
 The following analysis is meant to cover NTSC aswell as PAL, for the general surrounding ruleset given by
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 Information and clarification based on RAM Watch tests on the number of enemy slots that corresponds to enemies when they are killed:
-== Pacifist-Max% ==
+== Pacifist-Max%(92%) ==
 List of all items that cannot be obtained:
 == Pacifist-Low% ==