Astrox 88 S Game (3rd Gen)
Model AX-88SGAME
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Astrox 88 S Game (3rd Gen): the intermediate tier of Yonex’s only 5 mm-longer racquet
Yonex’s only 5 mm-longer frame, at Game level
Yonex builds the Astrox 88 S to a length it uses nowhere else. Its 2024 launch release calls the S’s 5 mm-longer specification the only one in Yonex’s range, chosen because a frame shorter than the others handles faster for the front-court player, and it lists that length and the S’s expanded sweet spot as common to every tier. Yonex announced the third-generation 88 S and 88 D on February 22, 2024, as doubles racquets redesigned for a more attacking game: a Pro and a Tour for advanced players and, with the same concept design, a Game for intermediate players. All went on sale worldwide on March 22, 2024. The S Game is made in Taiwan, rated medium flex and sold only in 4U, and Yonex Japan sells it at an open price, with no list price. The 2021 88 S Game in Emerald Blue is a different racquet with its own page.
A CSR frame and a 2G-Nanomesh Neo shaft
Yonex Japan lists the 88’s series technology as shared by the Pro, Tour and Game: the Rotational Generator System, which places weight at the grip end, frame top and joint, and a newly shaped Power-Assist Bumper, new to the 88 in 2024, which adds weight at the frame top while cutting air resistance. What it keeps for the upper tiers is 2G-Namd Flex Force, a second-generation form of Nitta’s carbon-nanotube treatment that Yonex put in the Pro and Tour shafts. Yonex Japan’s launch table lists the Game’s frame as high-modulus carbon, CSR and tungsten, its shaft as high-modulus carbon and 2G-Nanomesh Neo, and its joint as a standard built-in T-joint. The Tour has the same CSR frame with a 2G-Namd shaft; the Pro has CFR in the frame, Ultra PE Fiber in the shaft and a new T-joint. Yonex’s 2026 catalog defines CFR and CSR together as carbon fiber rubber and core shell rubber, combining rubber’s flexibility with carbon fiber’s rebound for better shuttle hold and release.
Aimed below the All England winners
No professional is documented using the 2024 88 S Game. Yonex’s launch release named Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Baek Ha-na and Kim So-yeong as users of the new 88 line without naming a tier, and its equipment list for the 2024 All England, where Alfian and Ardianto won the men’s doubles and Baek and Lee So-hee the women’s doubles five days before the release, prints the 88 S Pro and 88 D Pro. Yonex Japan’s athlete pages list the 88 S only as the Pro, for Soh Wooi Yik. Yonex Japan’s 2026 catalog calls the Game an intermediate model of the Pro’s concept design with a soft hitting feel, for scoring with front-court attacks. Its online shop rates the Game best for intermediate men and women and suitable for beginners, leaving advanced blank, and Yonex USA lists it for intermediate to advanced players.
Silver/Black, 4U, and the 2021 Game
The 2024 S Game comes in Silver/Black (color 417), the scheme of the S Pro and S Tour, and only in 4U, at an average of 83 g with grip 5 or 6; the Pro and Tour also come in 3U. The back-court twin, the 88 D Game, is Black/Silver and 10 mm longer. Outside Japan, Yonex adds a single beginner 88 Play (3AX88-PL), not split into S and D, with a graphite frame and shaft, medium flex and a 10 mm-longer, 4U frame. Against the 2021 88 S Game (AX88S-G, Emerald Blue), the 2024 model replaces Volume Cut Resin in the frame with CSR and Nanomesh Neo in the shaft with 2G-Nanomesh Neo, adds the Power-Assist Bumper and drops the 3U size Yonex Japan had offered; Yonex’s technology lists move from a slim shaft and Energy Boost Cap to a Super Slim Shaft and Energy Boost Cap Plus. Japan’s badminton specialist-shop association also sold a champagne version of the 2024 S Game, which is not on Yonex’s own product pages; Yonex recorded it as item 3AX8SGBP, under the 88 S Game name, in the Japan Badminton Association’s certified-equipment list for its October 2025 session.
In Yonex’s range since 2024
The third-generation 88 S Game has been on sale since March 22, 2024, and is still on Yonex Japan’s racquet list beside the Pro and Tour, with no fourth generation announced. It is a standard model in a single standard colorway, so new stock is the main supply and its interest is practical rather than collectible. The doubles titles that launched the line belong to the Pro. Because the Taiwan-made 2021 Game shares the name and the country of origin, the generation is the first thing to confirm in a used listing, and a recent purchase date alone does not settle it. Verified sales so far are pre-owned frames from Asia resale, and the price panel above lists them.
Copied specification lines
We found no documented counterfeit of the 88 S Game, though Yonex says counterfeits are hard to tell from genuine racquets by sight. The likelier problem is a wrong description, and some of it starts with Yonex. Yonex USA’s product page prints the Pro’s materials, CFR, 2G-Namd Flex Force and Ultra PE Fiber, in the Game’s material row, while the technology list on the same page, Yonex’s global site, its catalogs and Yonex Japan’s launch table give CSR and 2G-Nanomesh Neo. Its product text also credits the Game with Namd graphite. Seller copy often repeats those lines. The Tour shares the Game’s Silver/Black and CSR frame, so a listing that names 2G-Namd or offers a 3U frame is describing a Tour or a Pro. The callout lists the checks.
The front-court idea, one tier down
The 88 S began in 2018 as the front-court half of a doubles pair, and Yonex added a Game under the Pro with the 2021 generation. Its level labels have moved since: in 2021 Yonex Japan called the Pro intermediate-to-advanced and the Game intermediate, and in 2024 it called the Pro and Tour advanced while the Game stayed intermediate. One reviewer who compared all the 2024 tiers found the S Game noticeably more flexible than the Tour and Pro, in line with Yonex’s medium rating. Yonex’s own division of the pair is the clearest guide for a player choosing between the Games: the S for control and quick handling at the net, the D for power from the back.
Yonex’s item code is 3AX88S-G; the 2021 Game is AX88S-G, without the 3. Look for Silver/Black, a frame 5 mm longer than standard, a Power-Assist Bumper across the frame top and a 4U label (average 83 g, grip 5 or 6). Yonex lists medium flex, high-modulus carbon, CSR and tungsten in the frame, high-modulus carbon and 2G-Nanomesh Neo in the shaft, and Taiwan as the origin. A Silver/Black 88 S made in Japan is the Pro; one with a 2G-Namd shaft or in 3U is the Tour. An Emerald Blue frame is from 2021, and a Black/Silver 10 mm-longer frame is an 88 D. Yonex’s own test is the hologram sticker, which resists peeling on a genuine racquet and lifts easily with a fingernail on a fake.
This is a current racquet, so most players will buy it new and choose the grip size. Yonex recommends 20–28 lb and suggests Aerobite for control players or Aerobite Boost for hard hitters. For a used frame, confirm the 3AX88S-G code, the Silver/Black finish and the bumper, and ask for daylight photographs of the shaft markings. The 2024 All England titles belong to the Pro, and a Game listing that leans on them is describing a different racquet.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.