No. Anything more than that will ruin some of the storyline.
Absol is the Pokemon before Giratina. Absol's number in the pokedex is 209 and Giratina's number is 210. This is the one in the Pokemon platinum POKEDEX.
The rare Pokemon which you can get before the Elite Four in Pokemon Platinum are Giratina, Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf.
Giratina, and the 3 lake pokemon.
Well, you can't get to the Elite four without going to SunyShore, but you MUST either capture or KO Giratina before you're allowed to go to Sunyshore.
My friend says you have to save Giratina or something first before you can.
I think after
kjjfhsedhrr YES.I've done it before.
You dont have to beat elite 4 to get giratina, ( in platinum) You can get giratina before in the torn world
In Pokemon Platinum you dont get the key from a grunt you get from the detective, before getting the key you have to go talk to prof. rowan in the library .
You will have to find the three Pokemon of the lakes, they at the places where you have to push the bolders. And this is important! Make sure you bring a Pokemon with strength! And before you battle Giratina, you will battle Cyrus, and you have to defeat him!
you can't you have to go to the right place at the right time like for exaple giratina you have to go to spear pillar just before going to sunnyshore city!
in platinum no but in diamond n pearl you can