Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150620103007/@comment-26506075-20150622161605

LoneNinja wrote: It has been stated in the beginning of the fight, "Orochimaru at his best form" that is no doubt when he has Hashirama's cells which boost his regenerative abilities, gives him the ability to basically teleport with the Mayfly, wood release so even if Minato did have nine tails, Orochimaru could use the wood release to counter, has the Hokage at his aid including what Kishi referred to as "The god of shinobi" Hashirama. Tobirama can keep up with Minato Sorry to disappoint you but the nine tails chakra caused zetsu to turn into tree so it can also cause Orochimaru's (zetsu's) body to turn into a tree too. And so Orochimaru cannot defeat Minoto while having kurama with/inside him.