In Nier Automata, when equipping plug-in chips, I noticed that some of the plug-in chips have a black diamond after the name, for example "Melee Defense +2 ◆". At first, I thought it meant that the plug-in chip was equipped, but I then noticed it on other chips that I know I didn't have equipped. Is there any significance behind the diamond? If so, what does that black diamond mean?
Are the diamonds on plug-in chips significant
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Aside from analyzing the BGM and looking cool, the HUD Sound Waves chip serves one other purpose. According to posts like the one in this thread, it helps you find a specific Pod in the desert:
There's an item in the desert (pod C) that emits a high-pitched sound when you're close to it so it's easier to find. The sound display detects this noise, giving a hint to people who can't hear it (or hear poorly in general, or people like me who thought my speakers were dying instead of thinking it was an actual game sound).
This is backed up in this thread, as well:
I believe it's meant to help those who have a handicap with their hearing.
There is an thing (a pod) in the desert that can be found through a sound it makes. Not everyone can hear it.
If you've already found this Pod or are confident in your hearing abilities, there appears to be no other purpose to this chip other than being a BGM analyzer.
There appears to be a total of three title screen backgrounds.
The default title screen looks like this:
If you
achieve ending [B] (complete the game as 9S),
then you will unlock this title screen:
However, once you achieve ending [E]
and choose to delete all save data,
your title screen will change to this one:
From what I have found online, you cannot manually change them and, going down the list, each title screen appears to replace any previous one, which means unlocking the final one will make that your title screen permanently from that point forward.
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Best Answer
The diamonds signify that the plug-in chip has a significantly lower memory usage cost to equip compared to abnormal version of the same chip. I've had chips with diamonds cost 10-15 less memory to use before, so they're definitely worth looking out for.
If you combine chips with a diamond next to it, make sure you combine it with another with a diamond, to keep the cost down. If you combine it with a regular version of the chip, it may slightly lower the cost from what it would usually be, but it will lose the diamond status and cost more than it would if it had the diamond, unless the regular chip has the minimum cost without the diamond, as explained here:
Note that, as mentioned in the article, this only works on odd numbered upgrades.