Games that need hats

Hats are in this season. They are collectables, they are premium items, they are signs that you are a generous person, or they just look good. Our avatars wear them, some characters get to wear them and we all dream of looking good in a top hat or a fedora. But what games would be better with hats implemented? Thanks to Patrick Miller (@pattheflip) for the idea! 

Super Meat Boy: People with hats are more authoritive. Just look at the villain of the Super Meat Boy title, Dr Fetus. He is a character within a robot that wears a hat...and he's an ultimate bad ass. Full of attitude, disregards all social norms and dismisses Meat Boy with the flick of a middle finger. Meat Boy just frowns and takes it. Time for him to step it up. Even Mario had a hat. Actually, scratch that. Even LUIGI had a hat!

Call of Duty: Helmets are not hats. They are slightly more practical but utterly dull. Let's face it, in the Call of Duty series you need protection from knives. Helmets do little in this regard. How about a way of ruining games for hackers or boosters as they do for other people in-game. If you engage in this practice, you get a lovely shiny hat! Call of Duty is not a simulation title, so why not push the boundary that little bit further. Not much chance of being able to run off to some quiet corner to get that nuke if you're essentially wearing a homing beacon on your head.

Mirrors Edge: A game based on free running, jumping and sliding from point to point. Ok, so in the grand scheme of things, a hat may not be the most ideal choice of fashion item. After all, they're less aerodynamic and likely to fall off in the wind at a moment's notice. But the idea of replicating Indiana Jones makes it worth the risk. Picture running down a corridor with a shutter closing at the other end. At the last minute, you slide. Cut scene takes care of the rest as Faith reaches back in, plucks up the hat and replaces it on her head. Then strolls off as if it's business as usual. The game mechanics would make it worth seemlessly.

Open to other suggestions!