After releasing a couple scans following the reveal of the upcoming Tales games for Japan, Namco Bandai has been silent on revealing news about the games. That ends today, as a new scan has been leaked which reveals five new characters that will be included in the game.

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 is the third game in the Radiant Mythology series, which brings together Tales characters from many of the games in the long-running series. The third entry features 30 more characters for a total of 80 (with 76 of them being playable), an enhanced character creation tool, a data install option and a brand new aerial-view camera angle.

The new Tales characters are Rita Mordio (Tales of Vesperia), Loni Dunamis (Tales of Destiny 2), Ange Serena (Tales of Innocence) and Hisui Hearts (Tales of Hearts). Another character is also present in the scan, which looks to be the game's new Mormo/Paneer replacement and is named Rox. Rita's Ancient Catastrophe Mystic Arte can also be seen near the bottom of the scan.

The scan also mentions that the two Kanonno's from the first two games will be playable, although it's unknown if they'll be cameos or will be part of the storyline. A new "Radiant Drive" system has also been added, which can be used to chain together artes rapidly in succession.

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 is currently set for an early 2011 release in Japan on the PSP. No word on an North American or European release.

UPDATE (2:25pm EST): Added more information that came to light after the original posting of the article.