Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-9782468-20140711025221/@comment-28861328-20140713061817

That is completely untrue. Even Madara and Kabuto acknowledged that Madara was brought back "better than his prime". Tobirama noted that Orochimaru was able to bring them back "close" to their full power, but Kabuto perfected the art of doing it to the point that he brought Madara back better than he was, the exception being that he couldn't summon Gedo Mazo with the "fake" Rinnegan.

At some point, we have to stop overhyping our favorite ninja. No, Itachi and Nagato would not have ended the war. Naruto beat Nagato once, what do you think reviving him at full power would've done again? Same with Itachi or anyone else that was revived.