Idk what you're talking about, here is a map from 2001 that shows the start of the maze has been that north most sign
https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/12/15/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-sign...
What I'm talking about is that sign 1 in this image is completely optional. You can start a completely fresh file of LADX and never interact with sign 1 at all and just go right to sign 2. Sign 2 is what actually triggers the signpost maze to start in LADX, not sign 1. So this remake putting the maze trigger on sign 1 really threw me off and made me concerned that the game was softlocked for a hot minute.