I picked it up recently with the intention of starting once I'm finished with a certain multiplatform open world game everyone seems to be talking about.

F-Zero X.

X/Y are definitely quite easy, I'd never played a Pokemon game before and managed to breeze through, only losing one fight.

Yep, recently lost my phone with around 2000 photos on it. Terrible feeling.

Once every few weeks for about 30 minutes. I think I've logged around 80 hours in total.

Didn't MK8 sell a million copies in the first week?

I'll buy both because I'm a sucker.

I would imagine if it had online there would be heaps of people quitting once they start losing.

I bought it a while ago but haven't had a chance to play it yet. It seems like the kind of game that'll be hard to track down in about a year or so. I've only ever seen 1 copy sitting on a store shelf.

Looks like GiantBomb now.