He has a point there. And as people have mentioned, many of the more recent games have much less development time than the older ones. I've always had some liking to the principle that a quality game that requires more delays for its finetuning is well worth that kind of investment in the long run. But a rushed, crammed in game is pretty much bad forever. And as people have said, its a matter of quality over the quantity. While the game time might have been felt shorter, perhaps you found some more entertainment than the others. Hm, I don't know, but I would see that. You should really examine the game's other merits too. A game can be short and still have a respectable amount of replay value. And a standard Zelda game isn't too short either, from what I can see.