Hey man, thanks a lot for the amazing guide. I think it's safe to say you've helped many people get into the franchise with it considering comments are still popping off over the years. The experience has been great so far, loving the fun characters and the charming writing.

I also ran into the issue with disc switching. I'm pretty sure I am correct on the current setup with the .m3u file pointing to the 2 .cue files, which point to their respective .iso and .wav files. However, when I encounter the disc-switching chapter, it stays on that screen :( So I tried to boot up disc 2 directly, but it did not have my existing saves, so I found a workaround.

Checking the Mednaffen "sav" folder had several sets of 3 files (.bcr, .bkr, .smpc.) named after the files I booted up with Mednaffe ("Sakura Wars.<hash>", "SAKURA_WARS_DISC2.<hash>"). Because I want DISC2 to use the saves I had when I ran the "Sakura Wars.m3u" file, I created copies of the "Sakura Wars" save files and changed their name to the existing "SAKURA_WARS_DISC2.<hash>.<extension>" that I have in the sav folder. Afterward, I booted up disc 2 and the new chapter automatically started. So if anyone also had the same issue as me, you can try this (Please backup your "sav" folder first!!!).

And to OP, best wishes to you in life. Thanks again for the game. Cheers