REDMOND, Wash.--Killer Instinct, the year's most popular arcade title, has quickly become the fastest-selling Nintendo home game of all time, reportedly having sold more than 150,000 copies on its first day out. Nintendo's previous fastest selling game was Donkey Kong Country, released last November, which sold 100,000 copies in its first week. Projected sell-through for Killer Instinct is more than two million units by the end of December, according to Peter Main, Nintendo's executive vice president of sales and marketing.

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