Astrox 99 Game (2nd Gen)
Model AX-99GAME-2G
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Astrox 99 Game (2nd Gen): the Taiwan-made White Tiger beside Momota’s 99 Pro
White Tiger without the Pro’s spec
When Yonex Japan launched the Astrox 99 it had redesigned with Kento Momota, in late September 2021, it sold two versions: the Japan-made Pro and this Taiwan-made Game. White Tiger, the color Yonex said Momota would use on his Pro, was also the Game’s only color in Japan, so a white 2021 Astrox 99 is not necessarily a Pro. Yonex Japan headed the Game’s page “2nd-generation Astrox 99,” with world No. 1 Momota’s input reflected in its performance and design, and said it was developed on the same concept as the Pro, strong power with free shot placement, for intermediate players who admire the top players. It sold at an open price, meaning Yonex Japan set no list price. The Pro and Momota’s record on it are told on the 2021 Astrox 99 Pro’s own page.
Volume Cut Resin, without Namd
The Game shares the 2021 redesign’s frame construction. Yonex used Volume Cut Resin, an epoxy-based material, through the whole frame of both Pro and Game, and says its strength allowed large-diameter string holes where earlier frames could not take them, widening the strings’ movement for longer shuttle hold. The Power-Assist Bumper, a tungsten-loaded grommet strip at the frame top that Yonex says is 55% heavier than single grommets, adds head weight. The difference is underneath. The Game’s frame and shaft use Nanomesh Neo where the Pro uses Namd, and Yonex Japan lists a built-in T-joint, a slim shaft and the Energy Boost Cap; the Pro’s squarer head and extra-slim shaft are not part of it. It is 10 mm longer than standard and came in 4U and 3U. Yonex rates the flex medium, its 2022 racquet selector places it on the head-heavy side just below the 99 Pro, and Yonex recommends 20–28 lb for the 4U and 21–29 lb for the 3U.
Made for club players
No professional is documented using the Game. Yonex’s equipment lists name the 99 Pro for Momota and its other Astrox 99 players, and neither the 2021 launch nor Yonex’s 2025 third-generation releases named a player for a Game tier. Yonex Japan rated it best for intermediate men and women and suitable for beginners, but not for advanced players, which is the market it was built for.
Two colors, four tiers abroad
White Tiger (color code 825) was the Game’s only color in Japan. Yonex’s global store and its 2024 US catalog also offered Cherry Sunburst, the Pro’s second color, and the global store still listed the Game in both colors in July 2025. Outside Japan the 2021 family had four tiers in the same two colors: the Pro (AX99-P), a stiff Tour (AX99-T) with a Namd shaft, this Game (AX99-G) and the Play (AX99-PL), a graphite 4U model. Japan had only the Pro and the Game; Yonex Japan added a Tour to its range only with the third generation in 2025. White Tiger is a 2021 color: the 2018 Astrox 99 came only in Sunshine Orange, Sapphire Navy and the LCW edition, and the third-generation Game (3AX99-G), which has its own page, is Black/Green.
Four years in the range
The Game was a standard intermediate model, sold from late September 2021 until the third generation arrived in September 2025. Yonex USA’s 2024 catalog and Yonex Japan’s 2025 catalog still listed it, and Yonex’s global store carried it to at least July 2025. Yonex Japan’s release of August 25, 2025 put the new Pro, Tour and Game on sale in early September; its 2026 catalog lists only the 3AX99 codes, and the old Game page on its site has been taken down. Yonex published no separate production-end notice for the AX99-G: the new line replaced it. Made for four years, with no limited edition or documented match history, its interest is as the accessible version of the racquet Yonex redesigned with Momota. The verified sales shown above are mostly pre-owned frames from Asia resale, with one new example.
Fakes, mislabeled Pros and mixed generations
Counterfeiters have copied this family. A badminton blogger’s 2026 comparison described a fake White Tiger Astrox 99 Play as a few millimeters longer than a genuine one, heavy and lopsided, with a smaller, smudged logo and a hologram that looked solid where the genuine sticker is partly translucent. That was a Play, not a Game, but it shows the finish is copied; no counterfeit Game is specifically documented. Mislabeling is the other risk: a Game sold as a Pro, a White Tiger frame described as first generation, or the 2021 Game confused with the 2025 one. Yonex’s US store now uses the old Game’s web address for the third-generation Game, so a description or review copied from it can mix the two generations.
What the 2025 Game kept and changed
The third-generation Game kept what defined this one: medium flex, Taiwan manufacture, the frame 10 mm longer than standard, and the intermediate tier, which Yonex Japan’s 2025 release again aimed at intermediate players. Yonex changed the materials and the sizes. Its global spec lists the 2025 Game’s frame as HM Graphite, CSR, tungsten and 2G-Nanomesh Neo, and its shaft as HM Graphite and 2G-Nanomesh Neo, so CSR takes the place of Volume Cut Resin and the carbon moves to the second-generation Nanomesh Neo. The 3U class was dropped, leaving 4U only, and the White Tiger and Cherry Sunburst finishes gave way to a single Black/Green.
Yonex’s item code is AX99-G; the 2025 Game is 3AX99-G. Yonex Japan lists the 2021 Game as made in Taiwan; the White Tiger Pro (AX99-P) is made in Japan. The Game is 10 mm longer than standard, in 4U at an average of 83 g (grips 5–6) or 3U at 88 g (grips 4–6), with medium flex, Nanomesh Neo, Volume Cut Resin and tungsten in the frame and Nanomesh Neo in the shaft. It has the Power-Assist Bumper across the frame top, so the bumper does not separate it from the Pro; the code, the country marking and the absence of Namd do. Its colors are White Tiger and, outside Japan, Cherry Sunburst; a Black/Green Game sold in 4U only is the 2025 model. Yonex’s own test is the hologram sticker, which resists peeling on a genuine racquet and lifts easily with a fingernail on a fake.
The 2021 Astrox 99 Game is a player’s racquet: intermediate-level, made for four years and with no documented professional user. Buy on condition, weight and grip, and confirm the generation from the code and the color before anything else. Its link to Momota is the design brief it shares with the Pro, not match use, so a White Tiger listing that claims more should show the Pro’s AX99-P code and Japan marking. Spec text copied from Yonex’s current US page describes the 2025 Game, not this one.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.