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I've heard it explained with the joystick controlling the head of the character.
Imagine a joystick sticking out of the back of their head. That's your controller joystick.
Yeah that's kind've how it works, but for me, I guess the closest I describe how I imagine it is Lakitu from sm64 literally orbiting the player