What would you prefer for Ryu
>ALL or at least 8~ of his old weapons return
Or
>he only gets 1-2 new weapons in the expansion, but they are entirely new weapons unlike any of his old weapons and have their own unique mechanics
Based on what they've said so far about it, it seems like it will be the 2nd option. I think I would prefer to have entirely new weapons even if we only get a very small amount, since if I want to play with the old weapons there are 3 other games with multiple versions each that can provide that.
NG3 didn't add any new weapons which sucked. Of course there are unique mechanics to each game so having old weapons would also mean they would be getting new moves and gleam form moves and the like, but I still prefer having an entirely new weapon when I can just play 2 and 3RE for all the other weapons.
It seems like Yakumo is getting a lot of weapons that are reminiscent of Ryu's old weapons too, so I feel like there would be too much overlap between their weapons if Ryu got all his old shit back.