This week on All Things Nintendo, The Indie Informer's Jill Grodt joins the show to run down her annual list of the best indie games available in the eShop. If you're a fan of the eShop Gem of the Week segment, or are simply looking for something new to play, this is the episode for you!

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00:00:00 – Introduction

00:02:41 – What Is An Indie Game?

00:14:32 –Time Flies

00:23:11 – Ultros

00:27:42 – Videoverse

00:32:43 – Henry Halfhead

00:38:25 – Discounty

00:46:30 – Promise Mascot Agency

00:58:43 – Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

01:05:02 – 30 Birds

01:09:01 – Until Then

01:15:06 – Ila: A Frosty Glide

01:23:21 – Marvel Cosmic Invasion

01:24:36 – Ball X Pit

01:25:42 – TMNT: Tactical Takedown

01:26:55 – Powerwash Simulator 2

01:28:46 – UFO 50

01:29:44 – Morsels

01:33:15 – Winter Burrow

01:38:27 – Mosa Lina

01:41:54 – Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

01:42:32 – The Stone of Madness

01:46:50 – Jill’s Current Triple-A Games

And as requested by Jill, here are the games she wanted to highlight, but didn't have time: Laika: Aged Through Blood, Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Centum, Everdeep Aurora, Strange Antiquities, Absolum, Tiny Bookshop, Rift of the Necrodancer, Tails of Iron 2, A Game About Digging a Hole, Monster Train 2, Soma, Rue Valley, Sorry We’re Closed, Dawnfolk, The Duck Detective Ghost of Glamping, Afterlove EP, Forestrike, While Waiting, Luck Be a Landlord, The Edge of Allegoria, And Roger, Leftovers KO, and Skies Above.

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