Can the DS be considered Nintendo's most experimental era?

[Louie]

AlfredoTurkey said:

I wouldn't say experimental but rather, risk-taking. It took massive balls to put the Wii and DS up against the PS3/Xbox and PSP but after the failure of Gamecube, Iwata took that approach and lucky for him, it paid off in the short term.

Long term however, it really fucked them and they're just now recovering.

Many people say this, but I'd really want to see some prove of this claim. The DS and Wii were highly successful because they sold to a broader demographic of customers. The Wii U and 3DS were totally different, with most of the line-up focusing from the start on hardcore Nintendo fans and typical quirky Nintendo ideas (there is a huge difference between Brain Age and Nintendoland: Brain Age was a blue ocean product, Nintendoland just a strange idea by Nintendo's developers). If the Wii and DS went in one direction, the Wii U and 3DS went into the totally opposite one. 

On topic: The NES / Gameboy era was more experimental as everything was brand new back then. But after that, yes.