kono kyouryokugatageemu wa tanoshii boodogeemu da.

topic particle

Breakdown of kono kyouryokugatageemu wa tanoshii boodogeemu da.

• この: this
• だ: to be
• 楽たのしい: fun

Questions & Answers about kono kyouryokugatageemu wa tanoshii boodogeemu da.

Why is この used here instead of これ?

この is a determiner, so it must come before a noun. Here it modifies 協力型ゲーム.

• この協力型ゲーム = this cooperative-style game
• これ = this one / this thing

So you can say:

• この協力型ゲームは... = This cooperative-style game is...
• これは... = This is...

But you cannot use この by itself.

What does 協力型 mean, and what is 型 doing?

協力 means cooperation or cooperative play.

型 means type, style, or form when used as a suffix. So 協力型 means something like:

• cooperative-type
• cooperative-style

So 協力型ゲーム is a game of the cooperative type, meaning a game where players work together rather than compete against each other.

Why is は used after 協力型ゲーム?

は marks the topic of the sentence. It tells you what the sentence is about.

So:

• この協力型ゲームは = As for this cooperative-style game, ...

The rest of the sentence says something about that topic.

A learner may wonder about が, but は is natural here because the sentence is presenting a general statement about the game. Using が would change the nuance and often sound more like identifying or emphasizing the subject.