Speaking from someone who dislike Minato, which seems to be the main reason for the hype for the chapter. Yeah, I think it was.
It had a combination of things. Madara and Hashirama's comedic conversation. Sasuke returning and giving us his. . News? Also reinforcing the fact that Kishi will have them fight.
Kishi continued to switch things up and basically told us "NaruHina may not happen..." Which I'm okay with.
Sakura got panel time, I'm not the biggest fan of her but it's nice to see.
Minato used the Kyuubi's yin chakra. I liked this because of how odd and out of know where it was. We all thought it was obvious that Naruto would get it... Good job Kishi, kept us on our toes.
Now show some god damn Orochimaru, Tobirama, Hiruzen feats!
Oh, at what we're seeing and how the action is picking up.. I have a strong feeling that for awhile the manga will retain this epicness where we see new things that cater to a different Naruto fan.