That's a excellent point and something getting lost in this heavily revisionist thread.
For all the "of course its selling great its a handheld!" talk, Switch costs a lot more than any previous Nintendo handheld. 3DS needed a price drop from $250 to catch fire in Japan. Switch is selling out at a higher price and won't need a price cut for a long time.
Yup. Like I said I think Japan was always going to be an easier sell, but people are acting like they all predicted this would happen even though Switch is a hybrid and most were skeptical about that.
*In Japan only
Do they have to be "dominating" everywhere to be back? The only thing I'd question for outside Japan is momentum, but they should be fine for 2017.