Agreed, so many preconceptions that are entirely inaccurate. I still run into people that think mushrooms will make you see midgets running around you while unicorns shit all over your couch. I would probably say that the video game equivilent of LSD is switching from a ps2 on a 20" tv to a ps3 in a movie theater.

It's a part of animation whether you or your professors like it or not. It's not traditional animation sure, but it is an animation technique nonetheless. Tons of people and companies use it (ex: Disney is probably the most famous example off the top of my head, they've done it for movies like Snow White and the Seven…

They should've gone with "Super Wii" which would've had the precedent set for it by the Super Nintendo if they were gonna go with Wii in the name at all.