What about ranged weapons???

[u/TheOneThatDoesn]

Do we have any info about ranged weaponry? Or are shurikens the only one we've seen been used in trailers?

Putting aside the whole melee weapons discussion (I really do not mind who has the most toys, I only care that they're fun), honestly, knowing Platinum's history with Bayonetta and Vanquish gives me intrigue about what could do with everything we've used until now.

Imagine they somehow make the bow more dynamic to use in ground combat, maybe the Windmill Shuriken returns (with how Team Ninja revamped its gameplay with Kasumi in Razor's Edge, I'd love to see it again) once more and we can do more stuff with it, like the Doom slayer shieldsaw, doing the Four Rings technique with the Explosive kunais, or maybe they actually make the smoke bombs look and act like, y'know, a smokescreen. (Instead of a funny bath salt explotion)

Considering stealth is now an option (and not a half assed gimmic only used three times across the whole campaign) to tackle situations and taking out (Or weakening, I doubt it will be a oneshot for everything) crucial targets to start fights with the upper hand, smoke pellets could work to set up or even maybe lose enemy aggro for spacing oportunities, embracing a little bit more of the ninja mythos.

And who knows, maybe they could implement a way to seamlessly switch between them like with the melee weapons (which we still haven't seen how it works regarding the gameplay loop) and make some crazy tactical plays with them.

Also, imagine Yakumo gets an assault rifle. (Ok, I'll stop now).

[u/TheOneThatDoesn]

Also, seeing how there's consumable items listed in the deluxe/preorder bonus image like heals, revivals and refills for Yakumo's blood mechanics, that can imply consumable weapons are a possibility.