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Originally Posted by Captain Commando
Well in regards to the clone army, if they were clones, humans, or pokemon, they would've been fodder anyway, and not terribly significant to the main story. Usually the army simply follows one of the main character's momentum.... So, when Naruto starts beating up whoever and making a comeback, the Konoha army will likely suddenly start winning.... They don't really mean much to the story regardless.
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More than anything, it is the fact that there are so many more interesting ideas Kishimoto could have used without resorting to clones. Madara could have simply used the tailed beasts: crude, but effective, and once the armies were decimated, the beasts could be resealed. Or, Kishimoto could have expanded on all of those smaller villages that would have grievances against the larger villages, thereby creating an actual world war scenario (instead we have Madara's clones versus the world). Or, much the same as Oda does in
One Piece, Kishimoto could have come up with some actual designs for mini-bosses, and had a few thousand very good, though still ultimately fodder, ninjas to combat the greater forces of the alliance. Hell, Madara could have even summoned an army of dead Uchiha to combat the world and really drive home the whole Uchiha angle of the story. Instead we get boring clones.