Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-3398493-20150115230737/@comment-1018594-20150116133539

It's weird, because there's literally nothing Kaguya did that Madara couldn't have, except the All-Killing Ash Bones and Ameno-whatever the fuck teleportation...and maybe Madara *could* have done that if he went all out. Right down to killing Obito, Madara would have made perfect sense.

It feels like a last-minute change in plans because Kishi knew if he had Madara fight Sasuke and Naruto, the fight would have taken WAAAAY too long and he wouldn't have finished the manga when he wanted to.