Is Valkyria Chronicles a JRPG?

[lestatdark]

richardhutnik said:

Jumpin said:

lestatdark said:
It's not a JRPG.

It falls in line with common SRPG's like Fire Emblem and Shining Force, albeit the more action oriented layout when you're choosing the actions (which made the game much easier than the referenced SRPG's)

Fire Emblem and Shining Force are both JRPGs. Strategy RPGs like that are a sub-genre. "JRPG" is a term used to distinguish the Japanese made RPGs from the non-Japanese made RPGs. There is a difference though between games like Fire Emblem and games like Advance Wars (which is not a JRPG).

 

Some games from Japan, though, are listed as RPGs when they are in fact not. The most common of these is Zelda.

Is Panzer General a JRPG also?  I believe SRPGs need to be broken off as their own niche, because of what is involved.  A SRPG to me has its own focus.  Yes, there is stat-building, but the focus is on the use of strategy/unit position/etc... to complete missions.  In a JRPG, it is on the story and also the building up of characters and improving their stats.

Exactly my point and what I've tried to say in this long thread. They are too different in focus and gameplay to be considered the same as JRPGs. It isn't as JRPGs are even a genre, it's just a categorization of games with similar offsets, which doesn't fall completely in line with SRPGs