Turns out the game is running in 30fps despite it saying it is running at 60. I thought it was but I wasn't completely sure. Game is just straight up gaslighting me lol.
welp i guess i won't be watching ghost in the shell tonight. setting this up took way more time than i thought it would. recording my wii from a CRT with a retrotink.
apparently, if your signal is 480i, capture cards can't do 60 fps. so i had to use the retrotink's line doubler to get to 480p and then apply the smooth filter and then apply brawl's deflicker filter all just to get the game looking stable and recording at 60fps at the same time lol.
i don't think it looks bad, though!
squidward