If minato was still alive.....

[kunde]

He would hav shown his mastery over elements which we haven't seen so far . .And besides FTG > deva path . .hence he would hav been perfect match for pain during pain arc

 

[CJ Mac]

Minato would have just further developed his abilities. He seemed to have a fascination with sealing techniques, which leads me to believe that he would have become even better with seals. He might have had time to further develop the Rasengan, and maybe even would have perfected it. He likely would have at least attempted to learn Sage Mode. He might not have been compatible, though. And his FTG would have probably become more versatile.

He would have been pretty busy as Hokage, though. On the other hand, he might not have had any time for any of the above things. He might have just maintained his skills.

On a side note, everything in the series would be completely different. Naruto wouldn't have been starting from scratch with everything. Assuming that Kushina still died, Naruto would have still been the best candidate for the next Jinchuriki. I assume that Minato had planned it all along after meeting Bee. Naruto would have had better control over everything, and I doubt his Jinchuriki status wouldn't have been a secret. Minato would have also taught Naruto most of his techniques, and by the Chunin Exams, he would have been more on par with Sasuke in terms of skill (as opposed to his usual determination). It would have been like Goku and Gohan from DBZ. I don't think Minato would have killed off the Uchiha. Orochimaru wouldn't have had a reason to attack the Leaf Village. Sarutobi would have just died of old age.

 

[The Paradox]

Okay, first off.. He was a genius, so what we have seen and will be seeing (excluding BM stuff and edo stuff) will be his full potential, now compare that to those who would be on the same level like Kakashi.. now excluding his sharingan and all of that he has chidori and raikiri.... and that's about it (don't get technical). There is a certain benchmark each character hits where they only can go so far with a jutsu, and if they need to they will learn and master another one. From what we have seen so far, Minato had pretty much mastered his techs (we don't know his element, but I assume he has one). He was strong in using those pretty much mastered techs... so he wouldn't have much need to learn more unless he had to. Why am I saying this? Because if we was still alive, he would be pretty much the same as what we are seeing now.

However he would've died in this arc anyway.. and Naruto wouldn't have the power he has now and all that guff. So meh.

 

[Avinash012]

thats about the same age as nagato just a bit older remember jiraya and tsunade are alot older then minato but are still in their primes

HUm Yes but Minato is younger than Nagato ..Jiraya first trained Nagato and them Minato ...Nagato is 10 when Jman trained and Minato is 10 when Jman trained him............

 

[Black Ace]

I would think that minato will keep making custom justsu to get stronger. If he was alive he would of sorted out the uchiha thing and soo on.