Game is fine, gamer is bugged.
It was at this moment I realized, I had messed up.
So I saw the cave and thought "Hey there's probably a cool pokemon in there for whenever rock climb is enabled."
Then I thought to myself "Hey, why don't I try to get that right now?"
So I got down to one pokemon in my party and hopped across to get the rage powder, feinted, blacked out, wound up back at Amaria and Titania's,
then I go wake the crustle and it runs off. I go in the cave and think "Lv. 50 salandit, naisu!" and it was nice, I caught it, I thought "Hey, let's save to celebrate the occasion."
I then returned to the mansion to get my full team, and started heading back to the circus.
But the crustle wasn't there.
Just wanted to warn other trainers in case this happens to you.
Don't use the rage powder.
There isn't another crustle puzzle in the cave.
You don't beat the system.
You just destroy your way back to the circus.
And team meteor wins the game.