issue in skyword sword zelda

Seem the dolphin team can not help, so I though I'd ask here.

So is this a game bug, or a dolphin issue?

In getting the 3rd flame enhancement ( once complete ) I save the game. This goes back quite a few months. Now playing the game again versions apart I dont have that flame and it turns out I dont have the trial dowsing either. So I figured I go back to the entrance but I can not get in with the harp?

So I dont have the flame, dont have the dowsing, and I can't get in to the trial. Is my save busted for good?