>>57266783it's obviously not the invisible aspect that's hated, it's the "stop you dead in your tracks as you explore and force you to wait about 4.5 seconds to mash A repeatedly so you wait another 4.5 seconds to go back to the overworld" aspect that's hated. If a little window popped up saying "You found a Geodude! Wish to fight it?" and it had a "Yes. No." option below then it wouldn't be nearly as hated.
no one likes to be interrupted as they are doing something.