Ape Escape 3(サルゲッチュ3Saru Getchu 3) is a platform video game published and developed by Sony for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was first released in Japan on July 14, 2005, and was later released in North America on January 17, 2006 and in Europe on May 5, 2006. It was re-released in Japan under the PlayStation 2 the Best label twice, on November 2, 2005 and July 5, 2007. It marked the return of Soichi Terada as the composer (He previously composed Ape Escape, but did not take part in Ape Escape 2, Koji Hayama composed Ape Escape 2). It is currently the final main Ape Escape game in the franchise, as all other games have been non canon spinoffs or party games. As of 2013, there is no announcements for Ape Escape 4.