naruto had to get intel from the 8tails directly, minato wouldnt have that
Naruto had the initial idea already in his head. He wanted varrification. I agree the simplicity of, what it takes to take down Gorrilla (my name for San-raikage) can be exploited in the same way Naruto did. When I say simplicity, I don't mean easy I mean the concept of beating him is rather simple...If none of the attacks you do are strong enough to penitrate him, you need to figure out what can. Generating the type of power San-rai did has to mean something, if you can't hurt him, get him to hurt himself...it's simple...not easy but simple.
Now I'm not saying Minato is going to do this...Minato is very intelligent and has the capability to figure out rather advanced techniques rather quickly. I have very low doubt in my mind that he couldn't figure this out...The question isn't; will he be able to figure it out? The question is, do you believe Minato has what it takes to make this a reality and get Sandaime Raikage to harm himself?
IMO I say yes, he does have such ability to do what Naruto did, although others may not. Idc really.
Also, on a side note (not contributing too much to the argument) it seems Minato had the ability to preform several, rather high level techniques in a battle. It leads me to believe; either Minato had an admirable amount of chakra and or very good chakra control, being able to use the minimum requirment of chakra for his jutsu. I just thought that was interesting.