Spoilers for Season 2 and Season 1 of The Witcher!
Fans of Final Fantasy VII will be extremely excited to hear that the first trailer for The Witcher season two on Netflix stars an evil cabin with legs, just like that one bit in FF7 where Cloud has to fight a house. It's a great day for people who enjoy punching buildings!
Of course, some of you may think we're burying the lede a little bit, because the trailer also confirms the return of Geralt's on-off beau, Yennefer, his sort-of-daughter, Ciri, and everyone's favourite chaotic bard, Jaskier, who appears to have fallen on hard times since he parted ways with Geralt. Sadly, it looks like poor Yennefer's suffering and Ciri's wild wandering aren't over, as the trailer shows them, you know, suffering and wandering.
The final episode of season one saw everything going quite wrong for poor Geralt. Yennefer has not only abandoned him but disappeared altogether, after burning the Nilfgaardian invading forces to a crisp; Jaskier left in a huff after Geralt snapped at him; Triss looked like she was about to die; but in good news, at least Geralt's found Ciri. Who wants to place bets on how long it takes for them to get separated again?
We've already had a "first look" of the new season, which is all about Geralt chatting to a very nice (and very cursed) boar-man, Nivellen, whose story is very similar to Beast from Beauty and the Beast:
Netflix's foray into video games is going quite well for them so far. The media giant recently acquired their first game development studio, Night School (Oxenfree, Afterparty), and they're rumoured to be working on a live-action Pokémon show, too.
As for The Witcher, it's proved successful enough that season three has already been greenlit, AND it's getting a prequel, AND CD Projekt Red — the developers of the game — teamed up with Netflix for this year's WitcherCon.
Hopefully season two has a bit more momentum than the first season, which was all about getting to know the characters. You'll be able to watch the new episodes from December 17th on Netflix.
Is this trailer what you were hoping to see? What else do you want season 2 to cover? Let us know in the comments below!
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How did this make news on a Nintendo website?
Thanks for letting me know I guess.
@TyroKith Witcher 3 on Switch 😬 So fans of the game would probably be inclined to give this series a watch too.
@Broosh This has nothing to do with The Witcher 3.
@TyroKith …Are you serious?
@TyroKith we've been covering Netflix game-related shows for a long time!
Cool. If only "The Witcher" show was about a Witcher named Geralt. But that wouldn't make any sense, would it?
@TyroKith Witcher based on the game, Witcher 3 on Switch, need I say more?
But we haven't still gotten Witcher 1, 2 yet?
I’m playing through the DLC on Switch and I’m a fan of the series so looking forward to season 2.
The game is great, the books are so-so, the show is really hit or miss for me. I think Henry Cavill is an excellent prickly misanthrope, the look he gives the bartender when he gets a skunky beer is breathtaking.
I got to the Baptism of Fire and the back of the book says “Geralt is injured and Ciri is missing” and yeah, that’s the Witcher. I’ve only played the third game but CDPR has done wonders with expanding on the lore and background, particularly when it comes to the monsters, conjunction of the spheres, chaos, and the wild hunt and how it all ties together with the political story. Sword of Destiny was my favorite so far and I’m not sure I see that changing.
I actually remember that Beauty and the Beast Witcher story from the first book.
Woke and socially based altered adaptation. Much like other Netflix releases I guess.
@KateGray I really appreciate this info and posts about media related to games. I’m glad to know that the second season has a trailer now! I will never understand how people can be so salty in the comments section over an article they can choose not to read😂
The problem with the show is that they made Geralt too sexy and all the sorceress' not sexy enough.
@MagnesG Huh? There is literally zero of that in the series
@Deady You know the games are based on the books right? A lot of people think it's the other way around.
@ivory_soul Yeah, which is why it’s odd to me that the games seem so much more expansive than the books. Usually the book is bigger than the adaptation. It occurs to me now, though, that there still haven’t been many adaptations of this kind (book to game instead of book to tv/movie), and games can be enormous these days.
The books definitely have a stronger sense of humor than the game, but I’ve only played the third.
I gave up on the show after Yennefer started sword fighting. I’m pretty forgiving of adaptations and I understand the budget isn’t huge but I sat there with my hands atop my head shouting, “What are you doing?!”
@Deady The TV show is great it was just really confusing if you never read the books or played the games. Metro is another book to game adaptation that blew up. I've read all the books in that series and the games are just loosely based off of them. The books have tons more detail.
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