u/FreyrSurtr

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?

For the uninitiated, new game+ is a feature in which you start a new game with benefits of previous save file which in most cases is a cleared game carried over.

I don't mind playing San Andreas for the hundredth time while also getting 100% in it everytime but this kind of mod is still nice to have sometimes.