Motaro’s story was told through Sheeva, and his race of Centaurs were introduced as rivals of the Shokan. Both races had histories w Outworld’s Emperor Shao Kahn, but Motaro’s prominence as a boss in MK3 was meant to imply that he had curried favor... (1/4)
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We never had a chance to delve into Motaro or his race in detail, but we imagined him as an opportunistic leader who took advantage of Shokan defiance to Kahn’s throne. We also had hoped that we could explore Edenian politics post-Kahn’s rule... (2/4)
We touched on this in the MK4 Collector’s Edition Comic Book. There, Queen Sindel and Kitana were left to clean up the mess left behind by Shao Kahn’s tyranny... (3/4) 
Motaro’s development was difficult. Kevin Yagher Productions built an amazingly articulated stop-motion puppet for us to work with, but his scale on screen was tough to deal with from a gameplay standpoint. I’m amazed that Ed managed to make it work as well as he did. (4/4)
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