The eShop Gems Of The Year: 2021 Edition | All Things Nintendo

Every podcast and media outlet will be reflecting on 2021’s best moments as we near the close of the year. Brian welcomes you this week Game Informer Jill Grodt, associate editor of the eShop will discuss the top indie games to have made it to Switch during 2021. They discuss a lot of the indie titles you can find on Switch’s eShop. This will give you a broad range of titles that could help you find something you missed in previous years.

Follow the links below to see the Twitter feed of the episode’s participants: Brian Shea (@brianpshea), Jill Grodt (@Finruin)

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00:00:00 – Introduction
00:01:36 – First Nintendo Game/Favorite Nintendo Game
00:06:53 – Why Are Indie Games Rarely “Favorite Games of All Time”?
00:15:02 – Jill Grodt’s “Fall for Indies” Column
00:18:43 – The eShop Gems of the Year
00:20:22 – Blue Fire
00:21:58 – Unpacking
00:26:48 – Death’s Door
00:29:40 – Unsighted
00:31:50 – Toem
00:36:07 – Lost in Random
00:41:14 – Dodgeball Academia
00:43:31 – Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
00:45:43 – The Forgotten City
00:50:10 – The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
00:53:29 – Hoa
00:56:31 – Griftlands
00:57:55 – Dreamscaper
01:01:57 – Eastward
01:04:11 – Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
01:05:28 – Loop Hero
01:09:18 – Tails of Iron
01:11:06 – Olija
01:12:31 – Wytchwood
01:18:12 – Definitive Ranking: Upcoming Indie Games

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