Game Over by AlexanderD

You're thrown into a bottomless well... except on the bottom there are spikes to impale your kombatant (please give the correct number).

The headline of the next edition of the Daily Sun, "The World's Most Throwable Paper": this title character "CALLS IT QUITS!"

A black shadow upon a red background portends the "Return of Ganon"

Three blood-splayed words: "Love is over".

The first game in this series (third if you count predecessors) which features Solid Snake's operatives trying desperately to contact his transistor implant. "Snake! Are you all right? Snake! SNAAAAAAAAKE!" (edited at 1:15 pm, July 7, 2016 (PDT))

Among the lyrics to the enemy's song upon your demise:

"Your heart has stopped and your brain is cold,
You are so so dead,
And now your body is starting to mold,
You're so so dead."

The Rogue's Gallery of Villains will start taunting you. And one of them will reenact one of the most controversial moments in comic-book history. The first entry in the series will do just fine here.

Kiddy Kong looks over a crib, while colored blocks spell your doom.

Your father, the King of All the Cosmos, is disappointed in your feeble effort in failing to turn a clod of stuff into a star. And has no problem telling you this.

Perhaps the most enthusiastic "game over" screen ever: "Game Over" in red letters amongst a backdrop with the game's logo, and a singer singing... "Game over, YEAAAAAAAH!"

Speaking of arcade heroes getting tied down, Ryu is tied to a table as a buzz saw descends ever closer to his chest.

The Mad Gear Gang ties our chosen hero (one of three) to a chair, while several sticks of dynamite is ready to blow him - and Metro City - to Kingdom Come. Another quarter, and a sword comes out of nowhere to defuse it.