context: - The third video game in the genre of platformer from the Sonic the Hedgehog series on the Sega Mega Drive game console, developed and released on February 2, 1994 by Sega Technical Institute, an American division of Sonic Team. According to the plot of the game, the protagonist Sonic the hedgehog, together with his friend the fox Tails, continue the fight against the villain Dr. Robotnik on a mystical island floating in the clouds. In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the character Echidna Knuckles, the keeper of the island, set up by Dr. Robotnik to confront the main characters, first appears.
question: When was Sonic the Hedgehog 3 released?
answers.text: February 2, 1994