Why would NOA publish a survival horror game? That's insane and has nothing to do with Nintendo's wildly successful strategy in North America. In fact it works against it.
If Tecmo wants to publish FFIV, they can acquire the rights from NOA, just as they acquired the rights from NOE (they're already advertising it in Europe). In all likelyhood, they're waiting to see if sales of that version will make a US release profitable.







