Releasing first in a generation is always a good position to be in for the launch of any console, especially coming off a generation where you sold close to 100 million consoles and led in sales.
Differentiating yourself as DarkD said is also good, PS3 and 360 to some people are very very similar consoles, but the Wii and WiiU are different based on motion controls (1st to market and most popular based on sales), exclusive games like Mario - Kart, Super, Galaxy, etc. (the HD twins have exclusives too but Mario still has a bigger following than Halo or anything on the ps3 based on sales), and catching fire with Wii Sports when it first came out, innovating to the point where people who don't play video games were suddenly playing a Wii.
Also, seems that a lot of developers like the architecture, power, and ease of programming on the Wii U, making it an attractive console for game makers.
Nintendo will stay relevant and then some for the reasons I've stated and also because there's too many people who love to play Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros., 3d Mario games, Zelda games, Donkey Kong games, Monster Hunters, and Super Smash Bros. for them not to stay relevant. Mario's been a staple in video games since the 1980's, and the gamers still demand MORE MARIO!
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