However, it was not until 1974 that Smash became popular in the convenience food market after Cadbury launched an advertising campaign by agency Boase Massimi Pollitt featuring the now famous Smash Martians, who would watch humans preparing mashed potato the traditional way on television instead of using potato granules.

The Smash Martians were the stars of a series of 1970s and early 1980s TV advertising campaigns for Smash instant mashed potato in the UK.

The adverts featuring the Smash Martians were voted TV ad of the century by Campaign Magazine.

Some of the Smash Martians puppets used in the Cadbury's Smash adverts can be found in the National Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire.

* Smash Martians television advertisement at the Thinkbox website.

Despite the strict guidelines, some exceptions have occurred: Bionic Commando ( though swastikas were eliminated in the US version ), Smash TV and Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode contained human violence, the latter also containing implied sexuality and tobacco use ; River City Ransom and Taboo: The Sixth Sense contained nudity, and the latter also contained religious images, as did Castlevania II and III.

Three additional volumes were released under a new series title, Slayers Smash in July 2008, January 2009, and October 2010.

Nintendo offered a playable tournament of the games for fans in which a GameCube and Super Smash Bros. Melee were prizes for the winner.

It was hemorrhaging readers who were deserting NME in favour of Nick Logan's two creations The Face and Smash Hits.

* An October 1984 feature in Smash Hits magazine indicated that Morley and Horn planned for the group to produce a number of projects that were much different from what was produced after the split.

As the Syracuse Smash they were last overall all three years prompting the move to the Canadian capital.

In both the Japanese release of Star Fox 64 and Super Smash Bros., Fox's voices were done by Shinobu Satōchi ( speaking in English with a Japanese accent for the English version ).

The Sherwoods were a Corpus Christi quintet that was popular from 1968 – 1969 and made two 45s on Smash records in 1969.

In December 1984, DD Smash were playing an outdoor concert in Aotea Square in Auckland.

In 1978 the RCT organised the Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act Campaign, and held protests outside police stations where suspects were held.

Although all Marth's Fire Emblem titles were released only in Japan until the release of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, he has acquired more widespread international attention through his recurring appearances in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series of fighting games.

Secret Affair regularly appeared on UK television show Top Of The Pops and were cover stars of many UK magazines, including New Musical Express, Sounds and Smash Hits.

More figures, including a female Predator and an Alien / Predator / Smash Mason 3-pack, were designed for this series but never released as part of the line.

Certain songs were also reused in the Super Smash Bros. series as the background music of the Dream Land stage in Super Smash Bros. and the Green Greens stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

The Balloon Fighter was considered for a playable role during the development of Super Smash Bros. Melee, but the Ice Climbers were chosen instead.

The first titles were Super Smash Bros. Melee, Pikmin, and Luigi's Mansion, and they each retailed for $ 29. 99.

In the Super Smash Bros. series there were some Mach Rider references.

They were named Best Group at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, and were nominated for four Brit Awards.

By the end of 1994 they had sold another 322, 000 singles in the UK alone and they were still winning more awards than they had room for on their mantelpiece, as they were presented with Smash Hits ' " Best Dance Act " award for the second year running, and the Popprijs award for their services to Dutch music.

These albums were marked by a new Helix lineup, and for the first time since 1974, a six-piece: Vollmer, Gamble, Fountain, and new members Jim Lawson ( ex-Cherry Smash, guitar ), and the husband and wife team of Rainer ( guitar ) and Cindy Wiechmann ( acoustic guitar and vocals ).

Typically, the separate games are available individually for purchase ( such as Sega Smash Pack ) or were previously available individually ( such as Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls ).

The 1990 arcade game Smash TV, also designed by Jarvis, features a similar design — two joysticks used to shoot numerous enemies on a single screen — as well as ideas he intended to include in sequels.

In late 2011 Keys and Gray appeared in Smash It !, a show designed for the corporate hospitality circuit.

It was eventually revived with a 3D shooter for the Nintendo 3DS, titled Kid Icarus: Uprising, after Pit's inclusion as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

He became a playable character in the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, for which his appearance was redesigned.

This success turned Whitehouse and Higson's career, and they began to appear on shows such as Vic Reeves ' Big Night Out and extensively for the BBC, with Whitehouse appearing on A Bit of Fry and Laurie as a man with a clinical need to have his bottom fondled, and Paul Merton: The Series, then as performer on shows such as Harry Enfield's Television Programme, where he developed numerous characters including DJ Mike Smash of Smashie and Nicey alongside Harry Enfield as Nicey.

Link appears as a fighter in Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64.

Link is also a fighter in Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii alongside Zelda ( also able to transform into Sheik ), Ganondorf and Young Link ( the child version of Link from Ocarina of Time ).

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii all Zelda characters make a return with the exception of Young Link, who was replaced by Toon Link ( Wind Wakers Link ).

Some fighting games allow the player to create other types of game content: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, for example, features the ability to create custom stages.

The most successful crossover, however, was Super Smash Bros. Brawl, also released in 2008 for the Wii.

The game's sequel, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, features the original version of Dr. Marios " Fever " background music theme and a version of the " Chill " theme arranged by Masaaki Iwasaki, who had previously composed for Magical Drop as part of the Data East Sound Team.

Uematsu created the main theme for the multi-composer game Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008.

* Madison Brengle, rising tennis star playing for the Delaware Smash

In 1918, Hopper was awarded the U. S. Shipping Board Prize for his war poster, “ Smash the Hun ,” and he was able to exhibit on three occasions: in 1917 with the Society of Independent Artists, in January 1920 ( a one-man exhibition at the Whitney Studio Club, which was the precursor to the Whitney Museum ), and in 1922 ( again with the Whitney Studio Club ).

At the behest of Quality publisher Everett " Busy " Arnold, Cole later created his own satiric, Spirit-style hero, Midnight, for Smash Comics # 18 ( Jan. 1941 ).

The main theme of Luigi's Mansion is orchestrated and arranged by Shogo Sakai for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Yoshi's Final Smash is called the " Super Dragon " and by using it, he grows wings and is able to breathe fire and fly for a short time.

She has the unique ability to float for seconds, much as she can in Super Mario Bros. 2, an advantage which is balanced by the fact that she is one of the lighter fighters and in Super Smash Bros. Brawl her killing ability has been decreased since Super Smash Bros. Melee and making kills in Brawl can prove to be quite difficult.

The recorded samples have since been constituting the official voice for Yoshi, making a second appearance in the 1999 title Super Smash Bros., to further be recycled in succeeding games that Yoshi appeared in.

* The video gaming website GameTrailers considers the Super Mario Bros. games to be the killer app for nearly all Nintendo home consoles, Tetris as the killer app for the Game Boy, Grand Theft Auto III for the PlayStation 2, Super Smash Bros. Melee for the GameCube, and Wii Sports for the Nintendo Wii.