I don't want Link to have tighter pants. I don't think we need a Hyrulian bulge.
Definitely a joke article, but also if you look around the web you will see that people have regarded this as an actual concern based on what they saw at E3, hence why the article was written.
Obviously a comic piece, and I thought it was pretty funny, if not spot-on a few times... which makes me sad seeing how much I love some of the Final Fantasy games.
Nintendo did have their best show in years but I still think that Sony showed the largest amount of new titles and games and overall entertained me more as well as provided me with the most new information gained at the show at their conference.