How Netflix's The Witcher Is Different From The Video Game

If you like the Witcher video games, there's a lot you'll like on the Netflix series, too. But if you fell in love with Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer and the rest with a controller in your hand, you'll find a few surprises waiting in the TV adaptation of these classic Polish books.

One of the best characters in CD Projekt Red's games and Andrzej Sapkowski's novels is the fashionable, womanizing bard Dandelion, who's somehow one of Geralt's closest friends despite his penchant for getting into trouble.

He's just as delightful in the TV show, although you might not immediately recognize him. In Netflix's The Witcher, he goes by a different name. Instead of Dandelion, The Witcher calls the character Jaskier.

There's a good reason for this. In the novels' original Polish, "Jaskier" is actually Dandelion's name, and translates in English to "Buttercup."

In the games, the name Dandelion fit well, but the bard's flamboyant personality has been toned down for the show. Jaskier is still a scene-stealing rascal, but he's not quite as extravagant as the Dandelion in the games. The Netflix show generally has a more serious, grounded tone, and a silly name like Dandelion would stick out like a sore thumb.

For many fans, Doug Cockle is Geralt of Rivia. The actor has played the Witcher for a dozen years, voicing Geralt all three games, the card-based spinoff Gwent, and in guest appearances in Soulcalibur 6 and Monster Hunter: World. Keep watching the vdieo to see how Netflix's The Witcher is different from the video game!

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