LIVE: I'm hunting for the least probable Goku on Nexus Mods and no god or government can stop me

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Published September 30, 2026 · Category: Games

Overview

As I've asserted elsewhere, every game has two lives: The first begins on its launch day; the second when a modder inevitably puts Goku in it. Provided enough time, all games eventually conform to this axiom—sometimes even those that had already hosted a Goku to begin with.

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But the universal drive to mod Goku into games doesn't always manifest as we'd expect. Goku is a clay molded by countless hands, and though his sculptors share a model, their works are anything but uniform. But which, of the innumerable Gokus we have wrought, is the strangest? Today, I've taken up a grave mission: I am searching Nexus Mods for its unlikeliest Goku. And I'm doing it live.

Criteria

While some Gokus may be assessed via hands-on mod usage as time and game access allow, this survey will largely be judging the mod listings themselves. To determine the least probable Goku on Nexus Mods, I'll be assigning the contenders a Saiyan Singularity Judgment (SSJ) score, calculated as the average of three ratings:

  • Gokuitude: A measurement of whether the Goku in question is recognizably Goku. Does he look like Goku? Does he move like Goku? Does his model seem to suffer from a skeleton that would cause Goku terrible pain?
  • Limit Breakability: If there's one thing Goku admires, it's the ability to surpass one's limits—and the SSJ Rating System honors the same. Limit Breakability is a subjective assessment of how thoroughly an individual Goku shouldn't exist within its respective software, yet—through determination—was made to. For a time, at least.
  • Wish Grantology: Because the Dragon Balls grant wishes, you see. A vibes-based evaluation of how well the mod delivers the fantasy of playing Goku in a given videogame.

It begins

A Nexus Mods search box where the text

(Image credit: Nexus Mods)

Regardless of how I'm changed by this work, know that I volunteered for it willingly, and only to further the cause of understanding. It's not Goku's fault.

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Originally published at www.pcgamer.com.

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