Earlier today was the first day of Tales of Festival 2010, which brought some new news along with it, along with partial results of the Tales of Popularity poll that was going on at Tales Channel earlier this year.

Namco Bandai has confirmed the rumors that Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X will be having demos. The first demo will hit in early July, which will focus on the improved battle system in the Tales of Phantasia part of the game. Later in the month, a second demo will hit which features the Narikiri Dungeon X portion of the game. The rumored August 5, 2010 release date was also confirmed at the event.

As for the rumored PS3 Tales game, known as Tales of Unitia, the game was a no-show at the Festival except for a mention that this Summer a "major" announcement would occur. It's unknown why they would push the unveiling that far, but they may be putting some extra polish on the game and didn't want to unveil it just yet.

For fans of the Tales of Symphonia: OVA, Namco Bandai has announced that another set of OVAs will be released following the conclusion of the Tethe'alla chapter, entitled "The United World Episode". Gamespot Japan has a piece of teaser artwork, but it doesn't include anything of importance.

And now, for the results of the poll...

Top 30 Most Popular Characters (General)
30. Malik
29. Judas
28. Spada
27. Presea
26. Asch
25. Tear
24. Kanonno
23. Richard
22. Stahn
21. Cress
20. Reid
19. Hubert
18. Colette
17. Sophie
16. Estelle
15. Cheria
14. Pascal
13. Flynn
12. Emil
11. Guy
10. Zelos
9. Jade
8. Raven
7. Kratos
6. Rita
5. Lloyd
4. Luke
3. Asbel
2. Leon
1. Yuri

Top 10 Most Popular Mascots
10. Oresoren
9. Tenebrae
8. Rappig
7. Noishe
6. Corinne
5. Quickie
4. Viva-kun (Tales of Viva)
3. Tokunaga
2. Mieu
1. Repede

There were still two other categories, so it's likely that Namco Bandai is waiting till tomorrow to release the rest of the results.