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According to John Tobias, Goro was created when he and Ed Boon discussed bringing " a big brooding character " to the first Mortal Kombat.

The original concept of the character was a two-handed humanoid character Rokuro, a member of " a race of demon warriors called Rokuro-kubi ( demons of the dark )" wrongly " reputed as savage barbarians ", who would join the tournament " to restore the pride and respect of his race.

" The idea for a character with four arms came from one of the Sinbad movies.

In 2011, Tobias recalled: " Goro was originally called Gongoro, but we decided to shorten his name.

My original concept sketch had Goro with 3 fingers and a thumb on each hand.

Curt wisely changed it to 2 fingers and a thumb.