There was an article at Gamesradar asking a lot of getting a lot of shit from Masuda that i think you should read that answers a lot of questions

http://www.gamesradar.com/pokemon-xy-why-director-masuda-himself-answers/

Also, this is what he said about the starters

>“So with the inspiration for the region being France and the setting being closer to a European type thing. The three starters this time evolve in a way, we can’t really tell you what the exact details are, but they evolve in a way that make people think of one of those medieval RPG’s. So that’ll be something in store for you.”

Aka, its perfectly,%100 from masuda's mouth that its Knight/Mage/Rogue

also apparently Team Flare is Literally about being Fashionable