Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-28300173-20161004230450/@comment-28300173-20161005100114

That is something about Minato that I feel people often ignore/downplay/misunderstand. In the Naruto universe, smarts, wits, and intelligence are truly powerful; contrast this to Dragonball Z, where a character's power level negates the amount of skill another character may have (so what if Krillin is a master of martial arts? Fat Buu, possessing no martial art talent, has so much raw power that it's irrelevant). With this in mind, Minato has been mentioned by several -- most notably Jiraiya -- as being a bit more than a genius. In fact, he and Itachi hold the highest scores in the history of the Konoha Academy; Minato is a virtuoso of ninjacraft.

Minato was merely twenty-four when he sacrificed his life to save the village. In this time, he mastered Space-Time Jutsu, he created the unbelievably useful and versatile Rasengan, and excelled at Fūinjutsu moreso than any Hokage; the Fourth Raikage reckoned that no one could defeat him in combat, and Onoki surrendered in the Third Shinobi World War directly as a result of Minato's exploits, believing he was too powerful to contest. Minato was a juggernaut, and it has to be understood that this was Minato NOT at his prime. He was young, with years of study and training left to him, when his untimely death occurred. Consider if he had been capable of letting that potential live out. I have no problem believing that he would surpass Hashirama as the greatest Hokage ever.

Now, in this thread, we're discussing giving him MORE power? Even if he'd been able to live up to his normal potential, he would be nigh-unbeatable. But adding jinchuriki power, and Six Paths senjutsu, etc., he would be absolutely insane.