@beardalaxy I dunno thing I have notices is when $70 games started showing up and when that $100 GTA6 rumor started too people were saying "I'll gladly pay it if it's good and not live service slop," not saying that people complaining are the people who were also saying that but that is a reasonable take I think. So unless MKW and other Nintendo games are just bad and have live service mechanics then personally I'm okay (just okay) with more expensive games. In the case of MK specifically I think it will probably have way more content than release MK8 but I fear they might dip their toes into live service/microtransaction junk with costumes and stuff.
@arc yeah I wouldn't rule it out. They had the mii costumes in Smash and amiibo outfits for miis in Mario kart 8. I think if there is any it will be pretty inconsequential and not a main part of the game experience. Like I don't think they'll have loot boxes or anything like that.