Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-27615170-20170519084657/@comment-27089028-20170605144242

I think Kishi in the back of his head knew Team Minato would become essentially integrated into the over arching story from day 1. I mean to be honest the first time I read the Kakashi Gaiden arc it wasn't long until I went straight into Part 2 and let me just say Tobi wasn't fooling anyone, my brain was too fresh from the previous arc to not pick up on it.

Team Minato was always going to be heavy hitters on the lore I mean even before part 2 was a thing you could've picked up that a team Kakashi himself was a part of was kinda a big deal.