I imagine all the compression release would do is make the bike less like kick-starting a Porsche, and more like kick-starting a Volkswagen. It's still not something you want to do on the side of a cliff. Just the size of the hardware involved demands big power to get things in motion!
Bullshit aside, though, the compression release is a great tool. I was really impressed with how easy it was to kick over a 490 Maico with that little lever pulled in. They say that with the old 760, if you didn't use the compression release, a full-grown man could stand on the starter and it just wouldn't stroke. Go ahead, hop around up there, it's just not going to happen. Now that's balls.