Yea, kinda. It forces it hard though.
There is no obvious way to skip the MS account. You can select that it is a managed device and create a local user that way, but afaik that’s the last option left and obviously it is there for a very different intention.
I am sure that if MS could remove it completely they would.
I just finished Witch Spring R the other day. I think I managed to see almost everything the game has to offer. A very simple and mostly light hearted game.
Now I just started a playthrough of Cassette Beasts. I am intrigued by the story.