well yeah but i thought it would make it more fun because i thought some of the other battles were too easy and were too short so it made it longer and more fun.
Its easy to beat him. Buy a whole bunch of poison bombs*and hit him with one. when the effects wore off then use it again. He doesn't recover when you hit him. Hope this helps.
the hardest fight I had was with Orochimaru at the end of the gedo mark saga but I'd have to say kabuto was hard at first until I figured him out. then he was easy to beat.*