I don't really get the "Yearly" Rewards.

[Warlyx]

next year is gonna be fun

[Welsper59]

Oh?

So what about all the Chinese Immigrants who came to the US and stayed? The US for example has no real culture, its a mix of thousands of them. I don't understand the logic, maybe someone wants to celebrate it here?

However this isn't about just that. I just don't see why they bothered making the helmets.

They bothered because we complain if we don't get things, just as we complain when we do. The helmets were started already from 4 years ago, there's not much reason to discontinue the tradition (which is in the spirit of celebrating New Years btw... tradition). It's simple to do because it's a reskin of existing armor from 1.0. The concept of the zodiac isn't as foreign to the world as a whole, unlike something like the cheongsam and the color red for China, which again have no New Years exclusive meaning even for them (unlike the Zodiac animals).

Also remember that this is a game made in Japan. They're not as culturally diverse with the populous as the west is. They're going to do things as they know it without being culturally insensitive with what they bring out.

[AskaRay]

next year is gonna be fun

...those helmets are gonna be popular

[myahele]

I liked how the snake and dragon kabuto looked ... everything else (starting wit horse) looked rather silly. The monkey looked ok ... then you look at the back ... and the butt

[Nix]

...those helmets are gonna be popular

One guy in particular is prepared way early;

[Eul]

next year is gonna be fun

Either it's dodo or enkidu. But I do hope for dodo

[Nix]

Either it's dodo or enkidu. But I do hope for dodo

wtb dodo I can ride into battle on... ._.;

[Velox]

Because it's a tradition.
First was horse kabuto
then sheep kabuto
now monkey kabuto

...get over it?

Actually first was the rabbit kabuto from Heavensturn in 2011
then there was the dragon kabuto from 2012
then there was supposed to be the snake kabuto for 2013, but the servers went dead before it happend, so SE gave them to us when the 2014 Heavensturn started.

[AskaRay]

Actually first was the rabbit kabuto from Heavensturn in 2011
then there was the dragon kabuto from 2012
then there was supposed to be the snake kabuto for 2013, but the servers went dead before it happend, so SE gave them to us when the 2014 Heavensturn started.

So it's even MORE of a tradition than I thought

[Mimilu]

Either it's dodo or enkidu. But I do hope for dodo

What about Chocobos? >w>
(Dodo's seem more likely though, seeing as during the Horse event, they didn't get Eorzea's love for them.)