What Happens To the Houses We Don't Pick

[The DanMan]

You'll probably get most of the characters from them at a later date, as well as maybe fight them in mock battles.

[Armchair General]

I'm kind of hoping for route-specific missions. 

So far, we've got an raid on a port village with an entire class shown, sneaking through a library, and a plaza with a heal tile in the middle of it.

 

[zuibangde]

I kind of hope we don’t get all the students from the houses we didn’t pick.

Having 24 units from a school setting seems a bit excessive. It’ll be kind of ironic that they added squads to make the battles seem more realistic and ‘war like’ only to have majority of the army being lead by students.

Edited May 4, 2019 by zuibangde

[eclipse]

Those that we don't pick wind up being faceless grunts that we plow through when the actual fighting starts.

Real talk, they'll probably be scattered around, and will be recruited later (but not necessarily all at once).  Maybe after their leader is recruited.

[Guest nanashi]

4 hours ago, Guest Lae said:

Exactly the difference won't be major

Because Byleth is a silent character the house leader might act as their mouthpiece or something like that but the story will ultimately be exactly the same.  

[Maimishou]

I'd say it's too early to tell. I know personally I'd prefer a unique route for each house ala Fates but all on one cart but with no sign of that I'm assuming that while the unchosen houses will still play a role in the story, they won't be recruitable. We have no proof either way though.