More powerful means higher cost right? If Wii U is the most expensive Nintendo console to date, higher price would have damaged the console even more.

Wasn't gamecube stronger then ps2?

not a chance. uncharted or halo alone makes for a more appealing first party line up then nintendos entire first party efforts.

gamecube was screwed by minidisks... just like the 64 was by catridges.

Mainly yes, there were some advantages to the ps2. Clearly larger storage. It had 32MB of main memory and 4MB of video. Gamecube had 3MB of video, 24MB of main memory and another 16MB of very slow memory that cached the optical drive. This was brilliant for making the disc fast to read but wasn't main memory for the game itself. Also ps2 had 5.1 sound support and had high resolution games like Gran Turismo 1080i (1920x1080) which wasn't possible on gamecube. The PS2 had 32bit graphics compared to 24bit on Gamecube. Gave the ps2 an edge in some graphic effects, transparencies etc.

I remember games like MOH Frontline that had full video movie sequences where as the Gamecube had much smaller movie windows and also while playing the game the gamecube was slightly cut down in objects in the world possibly due to smaller main memory.

Generally though I'd easily give the win to the Gamecube over ps2. Clearly the original xbox was the winner for that generation in spec. In almost all areas it was best and many of its games simply wouldn't be possible on either of the other 2 consoles for various reasons unless heavily cut back.

My point is that even if wii u would have been stronger it dosn't mean it would won this generation

N64 was also stronger than PS1

More of a hypothetical really.

It would have given it a much better chance anyway. Nintendo would still loose to the exclusive DLC all over the place though due to them not supporting the bribe gaming model that has been set out.

That seems like a nice theory in retrospect, but I disagree. It's trendy to hate on Nintendo since forever and there's too many fools drinking that "Hardcore" Kool-Aid.

Number one isn't enirely true.  They've never been good at getting third party support since the N64.  Developers no longer wanted anything to do with them since their tactics in prior generations.  Devs slowly forgave them and went back to them, but the people who grew up with their consoles moved to Playstation, and later Xbox, since that's where all the non first party stuff went.  Wii sold well because it got millions of people who'd never buy a game console to purchase because of the motion controls, but once the fad wore off, you get the Wii U, sold to a mixture of dedicated  Nintendo fans or as a secondary console to those who used to be Nintendo fans and just want the exclusives.

The initial loss of third party and the gaming fanbase they once had is the reason they'll never be ontop outside of another Wii.  Imo atleast.