Is Valkyria Chronicles a JRPG?

[CaptainPrice]

Barozi said:

not really.
I always try to define the genre by its main features and in case of VC it's the strategic aspect.
I would just call it a strategy game, but SRPG is also okay. However JRPG misses the point.

If I had to choose one sub-genre to put it in it would be SRPG. But who said we have to pick one? Lots of games belong to multiple genres, e.g. Rainbow Six Vegas is a first-person shooter and a tactical shooter, Empire Total War is turn-based strategy and real-time tactics, Uncharted is arguably a third person shooter, action-adventure, and platformer. No one seems bothered about this except when it comes to JRPGs.

By the way, I do think the JRPG bit matters in describing VC. It has lots of the anime conventions of JRPGs including what I will politely describe as character design and wardrobe choices. It has characters talking about their feelings with their eyes closed. If someone bought it hoping for an RPG version of X-Com they'd soon be throwing up.