Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170417081438

Stevemagegod wrote: Make Naruto a Saiyan. Seriously the Golden Nine-Tails Chakra Mode just screamed Super Saiyan. And we all know kishi took some elements from DBZ. I want to point out that DBZ itself very liberally borrowed many elements from many places. It's simply the most well-known so it's what people point to, but it's not like DBZ is the first to do all these things.

I think he went with the golden mode for a number of puns and themes unrelated to DBZ. IE the "sun" theme when he and Bee talk to Tsunade and the Raikage, a new dawn, Naruto guiding the way, and the fact that gold is a sign of divinity in just about every religion ever.