Quote Originally Posted by TheVedis View Post
i dont wanna dig through the dev tracker to find it(its in there somewhere)

but yoshi specificaly said it was being removed alongside the addition of the new dungeons

i believe it was also retouched on in a few more recent dev posts
You may be right. I think it's better to remove it and monitor how it works out along side the new battle changes than the other way around. It would be much easier to balance if there are any issues with progression.