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In 2002 a group of friends in Italy started developing an action-platformer with RPG elements for Nintendo\u2019s Game Boy Advance<\/a> handheld. Then 22 years passed and now, in 2024, Kien is finally launching on GBA, ending one of the longest delays in video game history. <\/p>\n

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