Sources:

(00:44) Pokemania! Crazy for Pokemon! - https://time.com/archive/6955386/pokemania-crazy-for-pokemon/

(00:45) Beware of the Poke Mania - https://time.com/archive/6737018/beware-of-the-poke-mania/

(00:46) 'Poke'-mania grips kids television, too - https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/poke-mania-grips-kids-television-too-1117758238/

(00:49) Pokemon Mania Takes On Criminal Proportions - https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/04/nyregion/pokemon-mania-takes-on-criminal-proportions.html

(3:15) Buy Platinum One Day Early in New York - https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Buy_Platinum_one_day_early_in_New_York

(4:25) Launch Party Mystery Gift - https://web.archive.org/web/20090320234824/http://db.pokesav.org/main/?q=03-18-09-Launch-Party-Mystery-Gift

(9:04) Nintendo World Store Launch Party Mystery Gift DISASTER by Fenzo666 - https://web.archive.org/web/20090320234824/http://db.pokesav.org/main/?q=03-18-09-Launch-Party-Mystery-Gift

(10:26) Buy Platinum One Day Early in New York talk page - https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Talk:Buy_Platinum_one_day_early_in_New_York

(11:20) QuickAttack user history - https://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=QuickAttack

(12:15) Fenzo666 talk page - https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User_talk:Fenzo666#Hi_Fenzo!!_I_was_looking_into_that_bad_member_of_our_site_who_made_up_the_Mystery_Gift_event!_I_think_I_found_something!!_What_do_you_think??_Love,_Argy

Additional reading/watching

darkmaster491: Pokemon Platinum Prerelease Launch Party at Nintendo World (Part 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuEGm_JQ0FA

darkmaster491: Pokemon Platinum Prerelease Launch Party at Nintendo World (Part 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QujrhbVXmw

darkmaster491: Fake Nintendo World Pokemon Event - Shiny Gengar [WARNING, CONTAINS OFFENSIVE CONTENT] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jshiYIGbFk

LSuperSonicQ: The Most Racist Pokemon Ever - Nintendo World's Fake Mystery Gift (2009) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hXJw6Kr4JY

The real poster - https://gonintendo.com/?p=76225

Trouble at the Nintendo World Store Pokemon Platinum event - real deal, or part of the plan? - https://gonintendo.com/archives/72159-trouble-at-the-nintendo-world-store-pokemon-platinum-event-real-deal-or-part-of-the