My biggest gripe against the rhythm game genre as a whole is the heavy reliance and focus of the guitar as the central gameplay element. Certainly, it would be insane for me to expect games /platforms entitled Guitar Hero and Rock Band to have a killer tuba peripheral and accompanying songs, but would a Tuba Hero be too outrageous? Today’s youth could use a solid dose of glee from a low pitched brass instrument.

DJ Hero made strides to add some hip to the hop, but really it was the next obvious extension of the music game genre rather than a radical reimagining. Enter B-Boy Brawl. The product of a partnership between Scottish iPhone/iPod touch publisher/developer Tag Games and Mobile Pie (a development studio based in the UK’s hip hop heartland of Bristo), this music game focus on breaking. Think of it as Dance Dance Revolution S, but with (hopefully) far better tunes.

…B-Boy Brawl promises to make a mockery of other weak wristed iPhone music games. Aiming to own the streets (and of course the App Store) the game features a unique control method that allows players to ‘finger break’ for the first time, awesome street style visuals, various crews to ‘battle’ and loads of great hip hop.

Opponents get served in late January.