Quote Originally Posted by huhuromo
I am going out on a limb here, but according to: "http://www.purevolume.com/kagebunshin": a clone's strength is directly related to how many other clones the ninja using this technique creates. So although when using the "massive" kage bunshin there are the same amount of clones as the regular version, each one might be stronger than the normal clones.
actually, I think they were trying to make it look like naruto was trying really hard. Your explaination applies to the Third's case where he made three and his strength was reduced, but for naruto, the number of kage bunshins doesn't affect his strength or the bunshins'. The poof as easily as any other bunshin.