I've seen many people commenting on the fact that Naruto is becoming like Dragonball Z....

Well... That is kind of justified being that Kishimoto's biggest inspiration IS Toriyama, as he said himself in his "interview with the artists" in the manga. Dragonball on its own was bad because it was alot of the same stuff over and over again, "Ohh look at me I have to train in the other world... Oh damn another uber godlike dude is coming to blow up the earth, save me! wish me back witht he dragonballs!" that routine kinda got old after awhile.. But at face value (God help me for saying this), it wasn't that bad..

Naruto runs into the fact that it takes on several traits from Dragonball... Kyuubi mode Naruto = Super Saiyan Naruto... same thing effectively, only Kishimoto justifies the jump in power a whole lot more than Toriyama did with the Saiyans just kind of having the power.

All in all, we're going to see alot of similar traits from Dragonball in Naruto, but as long as the storyline continues to develop like it is, I dont' see a problem with Naruto going in that direction.

Go for it, have fun!