Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26135923-20150707130017/@comment-734582-20150711112358

Elveonora wrote: @Chaos, it was never said the incarnates happen every generation. Naruto and Sasuke have children now, by the time those have their own children, Naruto and Sasuke will likely still be alive and hell maybe even one more generation. So no, not everyone runs around with half-incarnate power. It clearly doesn't. Madara is 2-3 perhaps 4 generations from Sasuke.

@chaos i'm still formulating a good response. I get the feeling this may descend into really confusing territory really fast so i'll see if i can write something that avoids that.