Astrox 88 S Game (2nd Gen)
Model AX-88SGAME-2G
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Astrox 88 S Game (2nd Gen): the Pro’s Emerald Blue on a Taiwan-made frame
Emerald Blue at Game level
Yonex painted every tier of the second-generation Astrox 88 S the same Emerald Blue. Its global release of January 7, 2021 lists a Pro, a Tour and this Game in one color, so the paint tells an 88 S from an 88 D but never one tier from another. The Game was the intermediate model: made in Taiwan, with a Nanomesh Neo shaft where the Japan-made Pro has Namd, and rated medium where the Pro is stiff. Yonex Japan’s page describes it as sharing the Pro’s concept design, with a tagline about beating opponents with well-aimed finishing shots. The S stands for Skill, Yonex’s label for the front-court half of a doubles pair. Yonex Japan sold it at an open price, setting no list price, while Yonex USA’s 2021 catalog listed it, strung, at $140 as item AX88SG.
Volume Cut Resin, without the Pro’s extras
Yonex announced the second-generation 88 S and 88 D on January 7, 2021, for a worldwide release in late March. Its Japanese release marked two changes as common to Pro and Game. Volume Cut Resin, a stronger new resin, runs through the whole frame, which Yonex said allowed finer weight distribution and, for the first time, large-diameter string holes in the frame sides; on the S they were placed for precise control and decisive shots. The global release adds that some technologies were not applied to the Tour or Game. The squarer Isometric head with thicker frame sides is Pro only. The Game’s shaft is high-modulus carbon with Nanomesh Neo, with a standard built-in T-joint, a slim shaft and the Energy Boost Cap. The Pro has Namd, a new joint, an Extra Slim Shaft, the Energy Boost Cap Plus and, in Yonex USA’s technology list, Solid Feel Core. Like every 88 S, the Game is 5 mm longer than standard. Yonex Japan’s racquet selector places it on the head-heavy side, at about the Pro’s height.
No professional on the Game
No professional is documented using the 2021 88 S Game. Yonex’s launch release named three doubles pairs who would use the new 88s, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda, and Sayaka Hirota and Yuki Fukushima, and Yonex’s later match reports list several of them on the Pros; none of its 2021–23 equipment lists names the Game. Kevin’s record with the 88 S Pro is on that racquet’s page. Yonex Japan rated the S Game best for intermediate men and women and suitable for beginners, leaving the advanced column blank.
One color, three tiers
Emerald Blue was the only color. Yonex Japan sold the Game in 4U (average 83 g, grips 5–6) and 3U (88 g, grips 4–6); Yonex USA offered only the 4U, strung. Japan had two tiers, Pro and Game. Outside Japan Yonex added the 88 S Tour (AX88ST), stiff, with a Namd shaft and the Game’s standard joint, which Yonex USA sold as a special order. The first-generation 88 S of 2018 had no Game. The third-generation 88 S Game of March 2024 (3AX88S-G), which has its own page, is a different racquet: Silver/Black, 4U only, with CSR in the frame, a 2G-Nanomesh Neo shaft and the Power-Assist Bumper. The two Game codes differ only by the leading 3.
Sold new into late 2023
The 2021 S Game was a standard production model. Yonex Japan’s page for it was still online in May 2023, and Yonex’s global store showed it in stock in December 2023; no Yonex production-end notice is documented. The third generation went on sale worldwide on March 22, 2024, and Yonex USA’s 2024 catalog carries only the new codes. With no limited edition and no documented match use, the racquet’s interest is practical rather than historical. Because the name, the color and the Taiwan origin recur across tiers and generations, the item code is what identifies one in a listing. The verified sales shown above are pre-owned frames from Asia resale.
Fakes and the shared paint
Yonex’s counterfeit guidance is general rather than specific to this model. Its own test is the hologram sticker, which resists peeling on a genuine racquet and lifts easily with a fingernail on a fake. The bigger trap with this racquet is the shared color: because the Pro, the Tour and the Game all wear Emerald Blue, a Game can be offered, by mistake or not, as the costlier Japan-made Pro. The origin marking, the shaft material and the item code settle it.
What the third generation kept
The Game tier that arrived with the 2021 generation stayed. The 2024 88 S and 88 D launched worldwide on March 22, 2024 in Pro, Tour and Game, plus a new beginner model, the Astrox 88 Play, and in Japan the Tour joined the Pro and Game for the first time. Yonex fitted the new Power-Assist Bumper to the frame top of the Pro, Tour and Game and kept its new 2G-Namd Flex Force shaft for the Pro and Tour, so the Game again did without the Pro’s shaft material. The 2024 release does not name Volume Cut Resin. The S kept its extra length: Yonex Japan called the third-generation 88 S the only 5 mm Longer specification in its range.
Yonex’s item code is AX88S-G (AX88SG in Yonex USA’s catalog). Check for Emerald Blue, a Made in Taiwan marking, a frame 5 mm longer than standard and Yonex’s weights: 4U at an average of 83 g (grips 5–6) or 3U at 88 g (grips 4–6). Yonex lists medium flex, high-modulus carbon with Volume Cut Resin and tungsten in the frame, and high-modulus carbon with Nanomesh Neo in the shaft. There is no Power-Assist Bumper across the frame top. An Emerald Blue frame made in Japan with a Namd shaft is the Pro; the export Tour (AX88ST) also has a Namd shaft and is rated stiff. A Silver/Black frame with a bumper is the 2024 Game; a Camel Gold frame is an 88 D. Yonex Japan’s grommet set for it is AC416AXH.
The 2021 88 S Game is a player’s racquet: intermediate-level, sold new for about three years and with no documented professional user. Yonex recommends 20–28 lb for the 4U and 21–29 lb for the 3U, and Yonex Japan suggested Aerobite Boost for hard hitters and Aerobite for control players. Buy on condition, weight and grip, and confirm the item code before paying for a Pro. Kevin’s titles belong to the Pro, not the Game.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.