Nintendo Super Smash Bros.
Like many kids, I had to deal with parents who were concerned with my exposure to gratuitous violence in movies, on TV, and in video games. Just convincing them a video game console wouldn’t have a bad influence on me was a challenge, and one not made any easier with this infamous ad for the first Super Smash Bros. game on the N64 featuring beloved and once friendly Nintendo characters duking it out. It was a memorable ad, without a doubt, but also one that probably deterred many parents from getting the game for their kids.
