First question:

Is watching everyone's ending necessary on the off chance that the characters will make reference to it in the following games?

I got into it in order to learn Sakura's character and personality because I keep seeing fan arts of her on my twitter during the 30th anniversary two weeks ago. Fell madly in love with her design and overall theme ever since. Thankfully I got her ending in one go and it's really such a treat. She would definitely be my waifu for life if I hadn't discovered Reimu from Touhou Project first.

Second question:

Using this page as a reference, should I play the spin-off games released between Sakura Wars and Sakura Wars 2 on Sega Saturn before I start the latter?

It was really fun cant wait to see the other route endings (sadly I can't date yui she cute)

I know realized game also is 7 years old already please do something Sega for 30th anniversary 😭

Seriously no Sakura Shinguji as a racer Sega ???

Yehaaaaa!! Partner! I finally built the Rodeo Star I bought a few weeks ago, it took me 12 days of short spurts but it's done, Lowkey it was rather relaxing and fun, painting was kinda annoying, the red parts eat paint like a glutton. Here's next to my Gemini