I remember Miyamoto saying that it would take around 30 minutes for players to get accustomed to the 360 degree analogue controls. Remembering my experience, that was about right. The funny thing is though, I don't think I've had a gaming experience since then that felt like such a seachange. Moving into 3D analogue controls was such a fundamental shift, and I think it's hard to appreciate that if you grew up with analogue controls as standard.

The only remotely similar experience I can think of is something like VR, which is also quite an experiential shift.