Quote Originally Posted by Seraph522 View Post
I think they were? The 2.16 patch notes say that the fights "can now be challenged via the Duty Finder" (emphasis mine), which makes me think as much, but I didn't start playing until last year, so I can't confirm it personally. As for the Yojimbo trial, I'm really not certain; I'd assume that they'd make it available through the Hildibrand quests because nothing else would make sense, and maybe they just walked back on their previous position or something (wouldn't be the first time...).
That's as much as I've managed to find out as well, but they're pretty much dungeon level bosses like your original point was. And yeah, I'd like Yojimbo to get his own trial, he really deserves it, the encounter in Kugane Castle was pretty pathetic but all we can really do is wait to find out what they're doing. At least if it's part of Hildibrand that would mean we're getting the trial a few days after the Tokyo fanfest with the rest of the story and the last Hildibrand.