Midnight Fight Express delayed on Switch, animated launch trailer

Original: Midnight Fight Express is almost ready to go, and the title has received a launch trailer to celebrate its release. Rather than focusing on gameplay though, the video is animated.

Here’s an overview of the game:

An unexpected hero emerges on the city’s darkest night.

You’re Babyface, a former member of the criminal underworld lured back into “the life” by a mysterious AI drone. Your mission against impossible odds: Fight your way across the city before sunrise, and prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.

Engage in a brutal and hyper-kinetic brawling ballet, using every environmental tool and street fighting technique at your disposal. Level up your abilities to take down the mounting onslaught of bozos, cronies, and crime lords.

Key Features

• Blockbuster Combat: Tangle with waves of foes with the finesse of an action-movie master. Punch, dodge, counter, and finish off enemies in fluid and visceral combat featuring mo-cap animation by motion artist and stunt performer Eric Jacobus. Custom difficulty modes allow any player to direct the action to their preference.
• Martial Mastery: Level up, power up, and tap into a sprawling skill tree to unleash a dizzying array of devastating fighting moves. Develop your own signature style, and master over-the-top combos that leave the criminals wondering what hit ’em.
• Killer Arsenal: Complement your melee moves with knives, axes, and sledgehammers. Wield a wild array of pistol fire, shotgun blasts, and explosives. Weaponize everything from furniture to toilet plungers. Take advantage of the urban world around you to score increasingly outrageous takedowns and clean up the streets.
• Street Warrior’s Wardrobe: Customize your character’s appearance, and unlock a huge variety of cosmetic options ranging from the ultra-suave to the mega-outlandish. Unlock more 150+ pieces of clothing, equip skins for you and your AI ally Droney, and make a lasting impression as you fight to save the streets.
• Audio Adrenaline Rush: Battle across the city’s 41 hand-crafted levels to the beat of a pulsing, infectious soundtrack by artist Noisecream, and channel the nonstop midnight energy of the metropolis.
• The Fight Never Stops: Return to missions to complete challenges, unlock rewards, and show everyone who owns the streets on the leaderboard. Create your own director’s cut of the action with settings that let you customize enemy types, weapons, and more.

Take a look at the Midnight Fight Express animated launch trailer below.

Midnight Fight Express launches for Switch tomorrow, August 23.

Update: Unfortunately, at the last minute, the game has now been delayed on Switch by “a few weeks” on Switch and is now planned for late September. Read the statement about what happened below.

At the last minute, we ran into an unexpected problem that would require our patch sizes to be larger than what we feel is reasonable for players on a handheld console. We want all players to enjoy potential future fixes and patches in a timely manner and in sync with other platforms. We know this, unfortunately, leads to Switch players having to initially wait, but we ultimately want to ensure the best experience possible for all our players.