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Goro is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.
[edit] About GoroGoro made his first appearance in the first Mortal Kombat game, where his story described him as a 2,000 year old half human-dragon. He had been helping the sorcerer Shang Tsung in winning the Mortal Kombat tournament. Goro stayed champion for nine consecutive tournaments, until he was defeated in the first game by Liu Kang. A tenth victory was all Shang Tsung would have needed in order for Shao Kahn, the Emperor of Outworld, to take over Earth. After the tournament, Goro was thought to have been killed, but returned later in Mortal Kombat 4. He is known today as the Prince of the Shokan, a race from the Kuatan area of Outworld. [edit] Storyline Goro became Grand Champion of the Mortal Kombat tournament after defeating the Great Kung Lao. For 500 years, he remained undefeated and helped Shang Tsung grow ever closer to achieving Shao Kahn's goal of domination over Earthrealm. In his 10th title defense, however, he faced Liu Kang. Making use of Goro's overconfidence after years of being the undefeated warrior, Liu Kang was able to secure victory. Goro disappeared during the tournament's aftermath, and he was believed to be dead. It is theorized that he actually retreated back to his kingdom during this time. Goro would resurface after Kahn's downfall, during the events of Mortal Kombat 4/Mortal Kombat Gold. Despite having the intent to avenge his losses at Liu Kang's hands, Goro began to take an interest in the matters of his own race and joined his fellow Shokans in war against the Centaurians. Princess Kitana intervened and negotiated a truce and peace accord between both races. The meeting was interrupted by Kung Lao who desired to challenge his ancestor's killer. The Shaolin Monk lashed out with a ceremonial strike of revenge that left Goro's chest scarred. Considering the score settled, the two shook hands. When Shinnok and his legion were defeated and Edenia was free once more, Goro and the Shokan race decided to ally themselves with the Edenians, agreeing to sign a peace treaty with the Centaurs as a condition of their new partnership. Years later, during the time of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, the united Edenian and Shokan forces attacked the weakened Shao Kahn's armies. Exhausted from battle, Goro was struck from behind by Noob Saibot. He was mortally wounded, apparently dying from the injury, and Kitana held a royal funeral for the fallen Shokan prince. However, Goro is able to survive, being saved from death by Shao Kahn himself, with the promise of returning the Shokans to their former glory and the banishment of the Centaurs in exchange for his allegiance. Agreeing to these terms, Goro placed his royal seal on a nearby disfigured fallen Shokan (whom Kitana and the Shokan army found and mistook for him, successfully deceiving them while hiding his defection), and resumed his place at Shao Kahn's side. In Konquest Mode in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Goro is confronted in Shao Kahn's fortress by Taven who wishes to kill Quan Chi but must get past Goro in order to do so. Taven eventually defeats Goro, who storms off. In his Armageddon ending, Goro defeats Blaze and attains the power of a god. Onaga, Shao Kahn, Quan Chi, and Shang Tsung had formed an alliance to get this power, only to have it stolen from them. They confronted Goro in an attempt to get it, but Goro released an ancient Shokan roar and from beyond the pyramid came an army of Shokan that killed the four attackers. The Shokan then ruled Outworld.[1] [edit] Appearances in other media[edit] FilmGoro appears in the first Mortal Kombat movie, in accordance with his original story, as the champion of Mortal Kombat. In the movie, Goro is portrayed as an evil warrior, steeped in the authoritarian traditions of Outworld and does not look favorably upon humans. After defeating a long series of opponents, including Johnny Cage's friend Art Lean, he is in turn defeated and sent falling to his death by Cage. He is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, with vocal effects provided by Frank Welker. Paul W.S. Anderson had wanted Ron Livingston to play the role of Goro, but the prosthetics required to make him taller and add two arms were too expensive to justify. In the animated film Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins, Goro confronts his older brother Durak for a jeweled egg with which the winner was to tribute to their father Gorbak. He ends up winning the fight when, after hanging from a cliff and helped up by his brother, Goro betrays him and knocks him into the pit. [edit] Comic booksGoro had a prominent role in Malibu's Mortal Kombat comic book adaptations and was the first character to have his own three-issue miniseries, entitled Goro: Prince of Pain. Goro's story did not differ greatly from his in-game profiles, being the Mortal Kombat champion and having previously bested the Great Kung Lao. He was also portrayed as an unstoppable force, easily dispatching the Earthrealm warriors alone, and only having a hard time against Raiden. He remained undefeated during the first three issues of the Blood & Thunder series, having lost for the first time in the second issue of Prince of Pain against Zaggot's creation, the Kombatant. In the following Battlewave series, he remained on Earth after his defeat, and, to appease for his failure, started hunting down the Earthrealm warriors. He injured Jax in battle but was unable to defeat Liu Kang. In the fourth issue he had a mini-story at the end ('When Titans Clash) where he returned to Outworld to fight for Shao Kahn, settling a rivalry with Kintaro along the way. [edit] Conception and creationUnlike other characters in the first Mortal Kombat, Goro was not based on a digitized actor but instead on a clay sculpture created by Curt Chiarelli. After creating it, he used it as a base for a latex model to make a 12-inch tall painted miniature. After recording a video of an actor making motions similar to those Goro would make in the game, John Tobias used stop motion animation to move the miniature's body to match the actor's movements frame for frame.[2] According to Ed Boon in an interview about the character, the clay sculpture used to animate Goro in the first Mortal Kombat was twisted around and bent so many times that it simply fell apart. In Goro's Deception bio card, when explaining how Goro was animated, Ed Boon mentions a second model for Goro had also been created. This second model was not used for animation and is still in usable condition to this day. [edit] AlignmentGoro's alignment has been in a constant state of flux since his introduction in the original Mortal Kombat. Due to the nature of his fighting style and appearance, he was presumed to be evil in the first game. In Mortal Kombat 4 and Mortal Kombat Gold, his alignment is somewhat ambiguous; his bio states that he wanted revenge on Liu Kang, while Kung Lao's ending and the comic book packaged with the PC version of Mortal Kombat 4 clearly showed that Goro is actually good-natured and wishes to end the meaningless violence caused by Shao Kahn and the Centaurs. In the end, his desire to see peace wins out, leading him to settle his long lived grudge with Kung Lao and Liu Kang. Here, it is revealed that Goro was never truly evil, but that he was simply fulfilling his role as Champion of Mortal Kombat until the title was taken by Liu Kang. In Deadly Alliance, Goro is described as being killed in battle while fighting alongside Kitana against Shao Kahn's forces, which indicates his alignment at the time was good. However, in Mortal Kombat: Deception's GameCube incarnation, Goro was saved at the last moment by Shao Kahn himself, pushing him to pledge his loyalty to the former emperor. In Armageddon's Konquest mode, Goro is shown to still be loyal to Shao Kahn. In Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, Goro is intentionally portrayed as being evil as indicated by his dialogue in the wastelands. This also applies to the first movie. In both the movie and Shaolin Monks, he is killed by Johnny Cage. [edit] Game informationIn the SNES version of the first game, if the player performed Raiden's finishing move on the final endurance match, a glitch would occur, resulting in a metallic looking Goro. While Goro was billed at 8' 2" (249 cm) in the first Mortal Kombat in 1992, in the games, he looks nowhere near that height. However, in the GameCube release of Mortal Kombat: Deception, Goro is nearly as tall as Onaga, the Dragon King, who towers over the other warriors, so it is likely that he is at his listed height again. Goro is a secret playable character in the Game Boy version of the first Mortal Kombat game. To play as Goro a player must first beat the game, then during the credits enter a secret code. There are also other changes made as a result of this secret code. One of the more notable changes is that all the fighters would have new names (Kano would now be named Eric for example). In addition, you would now have to fight Goro twice (the first time during the mirror match just before the Endurance Matches and the second time just before Shang Tsung himself). Goro has no personal ending in this game and he is also unbalanced enough to play. Goro had no fatality, only special attacks and all can be difficult to execute. In the early stages of the first Mortal Kombat's development, Goro's name was set as "Gordo" which means "fat" in Spanish. It was later changed to Goro by the game designers. Because of Goro's unusual body size and shape, his Game Over sequence in Mortal Kombat 4/Mortal Kombat Gold was greatly glitched: his tumble down the pit was awkward, he would land on the spikes at the bottom head-first (thus sinking his head in below the shoulders due to clipping issues), and an odd computerized laugh would be heard. Goro's appearance in Deception is unusual because the game depicts him as using three distinctly different weapons: his Dragon Fangs (as his Weapon Style), four sais (for his Fatality and Hara-Kiri), and four poison-laced swords (in Shao Kahn's ending, against the Dragon King). As there is no in-game reason given for his use of all these weapons, seemingly arbitrarily (and mutually exclusive from one another), some fans find this confusing and nonsensical for the character. Goro is considered a boss character in Armageddon due to his resistance, being invulnerable to both throws and most knockdown attacks and that he shares his Kreate-a-Fatality combinations set with characters of the like of Kintaro, Moloch, Onaga and Blaze. Because of this, he is one of the six random sub-bosses only one can fight before reaching to the final boss Blaze. [edit] ReceptionGoro was awarded Hottest Gaming Hunk of 1993 by Electronic Gaming Monthly.[3] He appeared in the fourth spot on GamePro's "Excessively Limbed Villians We Love" list. He also won a GameSpot award for one of the top ten boss fights.[4] IGN listed him as a character they would like to see as downloadable content for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, noting "Goro was the real challenge" of the first Mortal Kombat title although Shang Tsung was the final boss from such game. IGN also added that "MK is all about visceral thrills, and it doesn't get more visceral than bludgeoning your enemies to death with four giant, muscular arms".[5] Additionally Techtree.com stated that, "Although Goro wasn't the main boss, he is probably the hardest boss to kill." [6] [edit] References
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