Quoted from Thunderbird:TMNT animations are quite good, but Stern loves the people that like simple slide show in AIQ, because it costs a lot less to produce.
Could it be that the BOM for the game can be higher when Stern decides 'we'll use less budget for the animations'? Would make sense, wouldn't it?
I think it works well for Alice Cooper and probably AIQT as well: if animations can't be made to the level of JJP games, it's probably better to make more simple but well suited comic-book-style animations.