I'm making a decent amount of progress in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I'm on chapter ten, and if the cut-off dates for all of the paralogues are any indication, something dramatic is going to happen at the end of chapter eleven. (possibly the time-skip? I know there is one, and I'm pretty sure that it skips forward five years since that's the thousandth anniversary, but all I know about it is that Dimitri gets an eyepatch)
So far, I've recruited Ingrid, Leonie, and Raphael to my house, along with Shamir, Hanneman, and Manuela. I don't know how important it is to recruit people (I have a hard time making sure that they all get used in battles as it is), but if possible, I want to recruit Setheth, Alois, and maybe Annie and Felix.
I need to figure out how to use my time effectively; I'm not sure whether it's better to get one-on-one instruction from the staff to boost Byleth's abilities, or if I should try seminars. (though going by the online statistics, people rarely choose seminars)
I could see Byleth or Edelgard getting into Smash Bros., though given a choice, I'd prefer Edelgard. (Byleth seems kind of bland in terms of personality and appearance, with his/her main unique selling point being a whip sword that could be pretty similar to Simon/Richter) Then again, I don't know what the storylines for the other houses are like.