While I quite enjoyed this game overall, being relatively short compared with any of the DS games wasn't such a bad thing as what they managed to pull off was entertaining enough but not too long as to wear out its welcome although I really didn't go out of my way to deliberately finish off any of the side quests.
One of the upsides of not being able to play the DS DLC for a few days is it gave me enough time and motivation to persevere with the final two bosses.