Ninja Henchmen Animation Question

Am I crazy or did they switch the animation for the dismissal of genins from disappearing in a cloud of smoke to just keeling over dead?

I thought sure it used to look like the smoke bomb costume change emote. Now they just collapse like defeated enemies, rag-doll style.

If this change did happen, does anyone know why?

It's a glitch that seems to negatively affect all types of MM henchmen.

It does the same thing on my Crab's pets probably 9 times out of 10, so not just MMs.

The falling down dead when dismissed started for me shortly after Demons were preleased. Think something with them broke the code.

As an aside. I rolled up my 1st Ninja MM to explore Praetoria and he quickly became my 1st Rift rider. However I noticed a few oddities.

1. Is there supposed to be a costume change when Train Ninja is applied?
Because neither the Genin or Jounin change at all. EDIT: The jounin has a wristbow appear but thats it. Is this WAI or Bugged?

2. Is anyone else unable to select a title in Praetoria? At any trainer with any character? When I click Set Title it pulls up a blank window.

This has actually been happening to me on occasion with my Ninjas, even pre-Demons.

Rift rider was just my way of saying my ninja MM was the 1st Praetorian I had to reach level 20. As the mission that sends you to Rogue isles or Paragon City concerns a Rift.

Oh hehe, I get it. In other words, you had never tried a Ninja MM, and then once you did, you enjoyed it enough to take him all the way through Praetoria. Nice.